abominate

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Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əˈbɒmɪˌnət/

Adjective

abominate (comparative more abominate, superlative most abominate)

1. (obsolete) Abominable; detested.

Etymology 2

From Latin abominatus, past participle of abominari "to deprecate as ominous", "to abhor", "to curse"; derived from ab- "from" + omen "a foreboding".

Pronunciation

• (RP)
  • IPA: /əˈbɒmɪˌneɪt/

Verb

abominate (third-person singular simple present abominates, present participle abominating, simple past and past participle abominated)

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

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

Synonyms

• hate
• abhor
• loathe
• detest
• See also Wikisaurus:hate

Derived terms

• abominator

Related terms

• abomination

Translations

to feel disgust towards, to hate in the highest degree

Bulgarian: отвращавам се (bg), гнуся се от (bg), ненавиждам (bg) Catalan: abominar (ca) Crimean Tatar: igrenmek Dutch: verachten (nl), verafschuwen (nl) Finnish: vihata (fi), inhota (fi), kammoksua (fi) French: détester (fr) German: verabscheuen (de) Greek: απεχθάνομαι (el) (apechthánomai)

Interlingua: abominar, detestar Italian: abominare (it) Novial: abomina Portuguese: abominar (pt) Spanish: abominar (es), detestar (es) Swedish: avsky (sv) Vietnamese: căm ghét Volapük: naudön

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Hebrew: לתעב (he) (letaev)

Vietnamese: ghê tởm, ghét cay ghét đắng, không ưa, ghét mặt, kinh tởm

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Italian

Verb

abominate

1. second-person plural present indicative of abominare
2. second-person plural imperative of abominare
3. Feminine plural of abominato

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Latin

Verb

abōmināte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of abōminō