abominate

English

Etymology

First attested in 1644. Perhaps a back-formation from abomination.[1] Alternatively, perhaps from Late Latin abōminātus, past participle of abōminarī (“to deprecate as an ill omen”), from ab + ominari (“to forebode, presage”), from omen.[2]

Pronunciation
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  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbɒm.əˌneɪt/, /əˈbɒm.ɪˌneɪt/
  • (adjective): (US) IPA(key): /ə.ˈbɒm.ə.ˌneɪt/, /ə.ˈbɒm.ɪ.ˌneɪt/, /ə.ˈbɒm.ə.nət/

Adjective

abominate (comparative more abominate, superlative most abominate)

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Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To feel disgust towards; to loathe or detest thoroughly; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread. [First attested in the mid 17th century.][3]
    Synonym: abhor
    • 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 19th century.][3]

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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), page 4
  2. Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 5
  3. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abominate”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.

Italian

Verb

abominate

  1. inflection of abominare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Participle

abominate f pl

  1. feminine plural of abominato

Latin

Verb

abōmināte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of abōminō

Spanish

Verb

abominate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of abominar combined with te
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