a·bom·i·nate

(ə-bŏm′ə-nāt′)

tr.v. a·bom·i·nat·ed, a·bom·i·nat·ing, a·bom·i·nates

To detest thoroughly; abhor.

[Latin abōminārī, abōmināt-, to deprecate as a bad omen : ab-, away; see ab-¹ + ōmen, omen.]

a·bom′i·na′tor n.

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abominate

(əˈbɒmɪˌneɪt)

(tr) to dislike intensely; loathe; detest

[C17: from the past participle of Latin abōminārī to regard as an ill omen, from ab- away from + ōmin-, from omen]

aˈbomiˌnator n

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a•bom•i•nate

(əˈbɒm əˌneɪt)

v.t. -nat•ed, -nat•ing.

1. to regard with intense aversion or loathing; abhor.

2. to feel distaste for; dislike.

[1840–50; < Latin abōminātus loathed, past participle of abōminārī. See abominable, -ate¹]

a•bom′i•na`tor, n.

abominate

Past participle: abominated
Gerund: abominating

Imperative
abominate
abominate

Present
I abominate
you abominate
he/she/it abominates
we abominate
you abominate
they abominate

Preterite
I abominated
you abominated
he/she/it abominated
we abominated
you abominated
they abominated

Present Continuous
I am abominating
you are abominating
he/she/it is abominating
we are abominating
you are abominating
they are abominating

Present Perfect
I have abominated
you have abominated
he/she/it has abominated
we have abominated
you have abominated
they have abominated

Past Continuous
I was abominating
you were abominating
he/she/it was abominating
we were abominating
you were abominating
they were abominating

Past Perfect
I had abominated
you had abominated
he/she/it had abominated
we had abominated
you had abominated
they had abominated

Future
I will abominate
you will abominate
he/she/it will abominate
we will abominate
you will abominate
they will abominate

Future Perfect
I will have abominated
you will have abominated
he/she/it will have abominated
we will have abominated
you will have abominated
they will have abominated

Future Continuous
I will be abominating
you will be abominating
he/she/it will be abominating
we will be abominating
you will be abominating
they will be abominating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been abominating
you have been abominating
he/she/it has been abominating
we have been abominating
you have been abominating
they have been abominating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been abominating
you will have been abominating
he/she/it will have been abominating
we will have been abominating
you will have been abominating
they will have been abominating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been abominating
you had been abominating
he/she/it had been abominating
we had been abominating
you had been abominating
they had been abominating

Conditional
I would abominate
you would abominate
he/she/it would abominate
we would abominate
you would abominate
they would abominate

Past Conditional
I would have abominated
you would have abominated
he/she/it would have abominated
we would have abominated
you would have abominated
they would have abominated

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Verb

abominate - find repugnant; "I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats"

abhor, execrate, loathe

detest, hate - dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards; "I hate Mexican food"; "She detests politicians"

abominate

verb hate, dislike, loathe, despise, detest, abhor, shudder at, recoil from, regard with repugnance, feel repelled by, have an aversion to, execrate, feel hostile to 'I abominate dogma,' he said.
hate love, admire, treasure, worship, esteem, adore, cherish, revere, dote on, idolize

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abominate

verb

To regard with extreme dislike and hostility:

abhor, despise, detest, execrate, hate, loathe.

Translations

يَكْرَه، يَمْقُت

hnusit si

afsky

verabscheuen

απεχθάνομαι αποστρέφομαι

abominar detestar

inhotakammoksuavihata

abominer détester exécrer abhorrer

hafa óbeit á

abominare aborrire avere in orrore detestare

bjaurėjimasisbjaurėtis

sajust riebumu

verachten verafschuwen

abominar

avsky

iğrenmektiksinmek

厌恶

abominate

[əˈbɒmɪneɪt] VT (frm) → abominar (de), detestar

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abominate

vt → verabscheuen

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abominate

[əˈbɒmɪneɪt] vt (frm) → aborrire

abominate

(əˈbomineit) verb

to detest. He abominates cruelty.

aˌbomiˈnation noun

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"There's where it is, what I abominate, Senor Samson," said Sancho here; "my master will attack a hundred armed men as a greedy boy would half a dozen melons.

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For my part, I abominate all honorable respectable toils, trials, and tribulations of every kind whatsoever.

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He professed both to abominate and despise all mystery, refinement, and intrigue, either in a prince or a minister.

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It had occurred in the course of learning the nature of white men and of learning to abominate them.

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Think of what she is herself (now I am repulsive and you abominate me).

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He had followed them purposely to town, he had taken on himself all the trouble and mortification attendant on such a research; in which supplication had been necessary to a woman whom he must abominate and despise, and where he was reduced to meet, frequently meet, reason with, persuade, and finally bribe, the man whom he always most wished to avoid, and whose very name it was punishment to him to pronounce.

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'Oh, my child,' he would say (he loved to talk to me and seemed to forget my tender years), 'Oh, my child, I am ready to kiss Alexander's feet, but I hate and abominate the King of Prussia and the Austrian Emperor, and--and--but you know nothing of politics, my child.' He would pull up, remembering whom he was speaking to, but his eyes would sparkle for a long while after this.

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Therefore the angry gods abominate Our litanies and our burnt offerings; Therefore no birds trill out a happy note, Gorged with the carnival of human gore.

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Now can we be right in praising and admiring another who is doing that which any one of us would abominate and be ashamed of in his own person?

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I lived in an infernal mess of rust, filings, nuts, bolts, spanners, hammers, ratchet-drills--things I abominate, because I don't get on with them.

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If there is a word in the dictionary under any letter from A to Z that I abominate, it is energy.

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In the taking of legal oaths, for instance, deponents seem to enjoy themselves mightily when they come to several good words in succession, for the expression of one idea; as, that they utterly detest, abominate, and abjure, or so forth; and the old anathemas were made relishing on the same principle.

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