abominate
verbEtymology First attested in 1644. Perhaps a back-formation from abomination. Alternatively, perhaps from Late Latin abōminātus, past participle of abōminarī (“to deprecate as an ill omen”), from ab + ominari (“to forebode, presage”), from omen.
1
To feel disgust towards; to loathe or detest thoroughly; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread.
- "Much as I abominate writing, I would not give up Mr. Collins's correspondence for any consideration."1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice:
2
Colloquial To dislike strongly.
- I absolutely abominate waking up early on weekends.
- Derived terms
- abominator
- Related terms
- abomination