English

Adjective

abominate ‎(comparative more abominate, superlative most abominate)

1. (rare) Abominable; detested. [First attested in the late 16^th century.]^[3]

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. [First attested in the mid 17^th century.]^[3]
   • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice:

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

2. (transitive, colloquial) To dislike strongly. [First attested in the late 19^th century.]^[3]

Synonyms

• (to abhor): abhor, loathe, detest
• See also Wikisaurus:hate

Derived terms

• abominator

Related terms

• abomination

Translations

References

1. ↑ Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], ISBN 0550142304), page 4
2. ↑ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ISBN 0-87779-101-5), page 5
3. 1 2 3 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 6

Italian

Verb

abominate

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

Latin

Verb

abōmināte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of abōminō