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abominate
[ uh-bom-uh-neyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to regard with intense aversion or loathing; abhor.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms: ,
- to dislike strongly.
abominate
/ əˈɒɪˌԱɪ /
verb
- tr to dislike intensely; loathe; detest
Derived Forms
- ˈdzˌԲٴǰ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·dzi·Բtǰ noun
- -·dzi·ԲiԲ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of abominate1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of abominate1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
In my capacity as a libertarian pundit, it is my solemn duty to abominate Washington.
You got me out of this place and here’s your reward; you’re everything we jointly abominate.
Nor was he remotely touchy-feely — a locution he would have abominated — apparently shrinking even from handshakes and hugs.
In her bestselling essay Women & Power: A Manifesto, Mary Beard gives her readers a depressing history lesson about how classical society abominated the very idea of women speaking in public.
To compound the irony, the American Social Security system that these 19th-century radicals abominate is modeled on the public pension policy of Wilhelmine Germany’s conservative chancellor Otto von Bismarck.
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