abominate
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in 1644. Perhaps a back-formation from abomination.[1] Alternatively, perhaps from Late Latin abōminātus, past participle of abōminarī (“to deprecate as an ill omen”), from ab + ominari (“to forebode, presage”), from omen.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (US) IPA(key): /əˈbɒm.əˌneɪt/, /əˈbɒm.ɪˌneɪt/
- (adjective): (US) IPA(key): /əˈbɒm.əˌneɪt/, /əˈbɒm.ɪˌneɪt/, /əˈbɒm.ə.nət/
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Adjective
[edit]abominate (comparative more abominate, superlative most abominate)
- (rare) Abominable; detested. [First attested in the late 16th century.][3]
Verb
[edit]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.][3]
- Synonym: abhor
- 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice:
- "Much as I abominate writing, I would not give up Mr. Collins's correspondence for any consideration."
- (transitive, colloquial) To dislike strongly. [First attested in the late 19th century.][3]
Synonyms
[edit]- (to abhor): abhor, loathe, detest
- See also Thesaurus:hate
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to feel disgust towards, to hate in the highest degree
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to dislike strongly
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References
[edit]- ^ Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], →ISBN), page 4
- ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 5
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abominate”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.
Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]abominate
- inflection of abominare:
Etymology 2
[edit]Participle
[edit]abominate f pl
Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]abōmināte
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]abominate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of abominar combined with te
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