Hypertext Webster Gateway: "abominate"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Abominate \A*bom"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abominated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Abominating}.] [L. abominatus, p. p. or
abominari to deprecate as ominous, to abhor, to curse; ab +
omen a foreboding. See {Omen}.]
To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as
if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all
impiety.

Syn: To hate; abhor; loathe; detest. See {Hate}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

abominate
v : find repugnant [syn: {abhor}, {loathe}, {execrate}]


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