abominating

  • 11abominate — (v.) 1640s, back formation from abomination or from L. abominatus, pp. of abominari (see ABOMINATION (Cf. abomination)). Related: Abominated; abominating …

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  • 12abhorrent — a. 1. Hating, detesting, abominating, loathing. 2. Odious, offensive, shocking, repugnant, hateful, loathsome, revolting, nauseating, horrifying, horrible, repellent, repulsive …

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  • 13abhorrence — n 1. loathing, abominating, execration, hatred, hate, detestation, odium; repugnance, aversion, hostility, enmity, animosity, animus, antipathy; horror, revulsion, disgust, noisomeness. 2. disdain, scorn, contempt …

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  • 14execration — n 1. curse, imprecation, malediction, anathema, damnation, excoriation, fulmination, plague; vituperation, condemnation, censure, denunciation. 2. abhorrence, abomination, detestation, animosity, animus, hatred, hostility, abhorring, abominating …

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  • 15abominate — UK [əˈbɒmɪneɪt] / US [əˈbɑmɪˌneɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms abominate : present tense I/you/we/they abominate he/she/it abominates present participle abominating past tense abominated past participle abominated formal to hate something… …

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  • 16abominate — /əˈbɒməneɪt / (say uh bomuhnayt) verb (t) (abominated, abominating) to regard with intense aversion; dislike strongly; abhor. {Latin abōminātus, past participle, seen as an ill omen} …

  • 17abominate — [ə bäm′ə nāt΄] vt. abominated, abominating [< L abominatus, pp. of abominari, to regard as an ill omen: see AB & OMEN] 1. to feel hatred and disgust for; loathe 2. to dislike very much abominator n …

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  • 18abomination — [ə bäm΄ə nā′shən] n. 1. an abominating; great hatred and disgust; loathing 2. anything hateful and disgusting …

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