Abominate Definition

ə-bŏmə-nāt

abominated, abominates, abominating

verb

abominated, abominates, abominating

To detest thoroughly; abhor.

American Heritage

To feel hatred and disgust for; loathe.

Webster's New World

To dislike very much.

Webster's New World

To feel disgust towards; to abhor; to loathe or detest thoroughly; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread. [First attested in the mid 17^th century.]

Wiktionary

(colloquial) To dislike stongly. [First attested in the late 19^th century.]

Wiktionary

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adjective

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

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Origin of Abominate

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 omin- (“omen”).

From Wiktionary
Latin abōminārī abōmināt- to deprecate as a bad omen ab- away ab–¹ ōmen omen

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition