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abominate

[ uh-bom-uh-neyt ]

verb (used with object)

abominated, abominating.
  1. to regard with intense aversion or loathing; abhor.

    Synonyms: ,

    Antonyms: ,

  2. to dislike strongly.


abominate

/ əˈɒɪˌԱɪ /

verb

  1. tr to dislike intensely; loathe; detest
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Derived Forms

  • ˈdzˌԲٴǰ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·dzi·Բtǰ noun
  • -·dzi·ԲiԲ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of abominate1

First recorded in 1840–50; from Latin ōٳܲ “loathed,” past participle of ōī. See abominable, -ate 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of abominate1

C17: from the past participle of Latin ōī to regard as an ill omen, from ab- away from + ō-, from omen
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See hate.
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Example Sentences

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In my capacity as a libertarian pundit, it is my solemn duty to abominate Washington.

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You got me out of this place and here’s your reward; you’re everything we jointly abominate.

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Nor was he remotely touchy-feely — a locution he would have abominated — apparently shrinking even from handshakes and hugs.

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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.

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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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