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Abominate

verb
(past & past part. abominated; pres. part. abominating)
1.
Find repugnant.  Synonyms: abhor, execrate, loathe.  "She abhors cats"






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"Abominate" Quotes from Famous Books



... and a sermon from C. We did not go to the table d'hote, for we abominate its long-drawn, endless formalities. But one part of the arrangements we enjoyed without going: I mean the music. To me all music is sacred. Is it not so? All real music, in its passionate earnest, its blendings, its wild, heart-searching tones, is the ...
— Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands V2 • Harriet Beecher Stowe

... Hawker, waving his arms, "it's no good! I abominate it! I didn't get what I wanted, I tell you. I didn't get what I wanted. That?" he shouted, pointing thrust-way at it—"that? It's vile! Aw! it ...
— The Third Violet • Stephen Crane

... in all ages, to hear simple truths, of such a description, declared in so simple a manner. Ladies rant, and protest that they abhor and abominate,—or they weep, and shriek, and call the gentleman odious, or horrid, or some such gentle name; which the said gentleman perfectly understands to mean—any thing he pleases; but Constantia's perfect truth, the plain earnestness ...
— The Buccaneer - A Tale • Mrs. S. C. Hall

... hate and abominate you for ever and ever, even if you helped me into Paradise!" quoth Maud Lindesay, giving him defiance in ...
— The Black Douglas • S. R. Crockett



Words linked to "Abominate" :   abhor, abominable, abomination, detest, execrate, abominator, hate, loathe



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