Abominate

//əˈbɒm.əˌneɪt// adj, verb, slang

adj, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To feel disgust towards; to loathe or detest thoroughly; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread. transitive

    ""Much as I abominate writing, I would not give up Mr. Collins's correspondence for any consideration.""

  2. 2
    find repugnant wordnet
  3. 3
    To dislike strongly. colloquial, transitive

    "I absolutely abominate waking up early on weekends."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Abominable; detested. rare

Synonyms

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abhorloatheabhordamndespisedetest

Example

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"It's quite right to abominate people who are evil-doers."

Etymology

First attested in 1644. Perhaps a back-formation from abomination. Alternatively, perhaps from Late Latin abōminātus, past participle of abōminarī (“to deprecate as an ill omen”), from ab + ominari (“to forebode, presage”), from omen.

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