2 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: abominate verb: find repugnant; "I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats" [syn: {abhor}, {loathe}, {execrate}] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Abominate \A*bom"i*nate\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Abominated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abominating}.] [L. abominatus, p. p. or abominari to deprecate as ominous, to abhor, to curse; ab + omen a foreboding. See {Omen}.] To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety. Syn: To hate; abhor; loathe; detest. See {Hate}.

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