ABOMINATE

abhor, loathe, abominate, execrate

(verb) find repugnant; “I loathe that man”; “She abhors cats”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

abominate (comparative more abominate, superlative most abominate)

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

Verb

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

(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.]

Synonym: abhor

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

Synonyms

• (to abhor): abhor, loathe, detest

• See also hate

Source: Wiktionary


A*bom"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abominated; p. pr. & vb. n. Abominating.] Etym: [L. abominatus, p. p. or abominari to deprecate as ominous, to abhor, to curse; ab + omen a foreboding. See Omen.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

12 January 2025

HABIT

(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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