abominate

Speech parts

1. abominate - Adjective

2. abominate - Verb

Meaning

To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

loathe abhor detest execrate shun loathing hate dislike disdain condemn disgust offend resent scorn despise
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Antonyms

revere like long love adore hallow
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Hypernyms

hate detest

Related terms

abomination

Phrases with the word

i abominate you

Derivatives

abominated abominating

Examples

Ours is a golden age of minorities. At no time in the past have dissident minorities felt so much at home and had so much room to throw their weight around. They speak and act as if they were "the people," and what they abominate most is the dissent of the majority. Eric Hoffer

I abominate any organization that denies cats are people! Fritz Leiber

Like every man of sense and good feeling, I abominate work. Aldous Huxley

I loathe that man Source: Internet

She abhors cats Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

abominable twosome abominableness abominably abominatio abomination abominationly