Abominate
[ə'bɒmɪneɪt] or [ə'bɑmɪnet]
Definition
(v. t.) To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety.
Typed by Laverne
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Abhor, detest, execrate, hate, loathe, nauseate, shrink from, recoil from, shudder at, view with horror.
Editor: Priscilla
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Abhor, loathe, detest, execrate, hate
ANT:Desire, like, long_for, love
Typist: Lucas
Definition
v.t. to abhor: to detest extremely.—adj. Abom′inable hateful: detestable an old spelling is Abhom′inable to agree with a fancied etymology in Lat. ab homine.—n. Abom′inableness.—adv. Abom′inably.—n. Abominā′tion extreme aversion: anything disgusting or detestable.
Edited by Blair
Examples
- He professed both to abominate and despise all mystery, refinement, and intrigue, either in a prince or a minister. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Much as I abominate writing, I would not give up Mr. Collins's correspondence for any consideration. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Think of what she is herself (now I am repulsive and you abominate me). Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- If there is a word in the dictionary under any letter from A to Z that I abominate, it is energy. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- 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? Plato. The Republic.
- Our sermon books are shut up when Miss Crawley arrives, and Mr. Pitt, whom she abominates, finds it convenient to go to town. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Now, ought a man to feel pleasure in seeing another do what he hates and abominates in himself? Plato. The Republic.
Edited by Cheryl