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abominate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb abominate has 1 sense
- abominate(v = verb.emotion) abhor, execrate, loathe - find repugnant; "I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats" is one way to detest, hate
Derived forms adjective abominable1, noun abomination3, noun abomination2, noun abomination1, noun abominator1
Sample sentences:
Sam cannot abominate Sue
They abominate moving
Sam and Sue abominate the movie
CIDE DICTIONARY
abominate, v. t. [L. abominatus, p. p. or abominari to deprecate as ominous, to abhor, to curse; ab + omen a foreboding. See Omen.].
To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety. [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- To hate; abhor; loathe; detest. See Hate.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
abominate, v.tr. detest, loathe.
Derivative
abominator n.
Etymology
L abominari (as ABOMINABLE)
ROGET THESAURUS
abominate
Dislike
VB mislike misrelish, dislike, disrelish, mind, object to, have rather not, would rather not, prefer not to, not care for, have a dislike for, conceive a dislike to, entertain a dislike for, take a dislike to, have an aversion to, have an aversion for, have no taste for, have no stomach for, shun, avoid, eschew, withdraw from, shrink from, recoil from, not be able to bear, not be able to abide, not be able to endure, shrug the shoulders at, shudder at, turn up the nose at, look askance at, make a mouth, make a wry face, make a grimace, make faces, loathe, nauseate, abominate, detest, abhor, hate, take amiss, have enough of, wish away, unwish cause dislike, excite dislike, disincline, repel, sicken, make sick, render sick, turn one's stomach, nauseate, wamble, disgust, shock, stink in the nostrils, go against the grain, go against the stomach, stick in the throat, make one's blood run cold, pall.Hate
VB hate, detest, abominate, abhor, loathe, recoil at, shudder at, shrink from, view with horror, hold in abomination, revolt against, execrate, scowl, disrelish, owe a grudge, bear spleen, bear a grudge, bear malice, conceive an aversion to, take a dislike to, excite hatred, provoke hatred, be hateful, stink in the nostrils, estrange, alienate, repel, set against, sow dissension, set by the ears, envenom, incense, irritate, rile, horrify, roil.
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