Definition of abominate in English:

abominate

verb əˈbɒmɪneɪtəˈbɑməˌneɪt

[with object]formal

Detest; loathe.
〈正式〉厌恶，憎恨
they abominated the very idea of monarchy
他们对君主制思想深恶痛绝。
Example sentencesExamples
- Football, on the other hand, takes working-class people and drops them into enormous tubs of money, interviews them constantly and then abominates their lack of taste and inarticulacy.
- For this reason he abominated French impressionism.
- Could it be that when Silone wrote to Bellone in 1931 about ‘the evil I have done’, he meant the evil of communism whose servant he had been and which he had come to abominate?
- It is always difficult for passionate moral minorities to operate in plural cultures because they have to learn to live alongside practices which they abominate.
- A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.
- Such asses fill the world with their braying and are to be abominated as beneath contempt.
- His most ambitious music was abominated by conservative critics and also baffled concert audiences.
- But you know what they say; it's an honor just to be abominated.
- Again and again he declared that he would vigorously enforce laws which he abominates, on civil rights, abortion rights, gay rights, etc.
- Thereafter Kemble gave readings of Shakespeare across the country, attracting the likes of the dissenting minister who told him that ‘though I abominate the stage yet I am a patron of Shakespeare in my social hours’.
- Although the Romans abominated the memory of the later Etruscan kings of Rome, a long tradition approved of both Romulus, who was renowned for the arts of war, and Numa, renowned for the arts of peace.
- Anthony abominates his fantasies, but again hears a subversive voice.
- Cohen pointed out, quite rightly, that ‘there were 20 million reasons’ (the number of people killed by Stalin) to abominate the name of Stalin beyond all others.
- Poets in this tradition are less likely to abominate the larger society than to ignore it altogether and to concentrate on a narrow range of personal and domestic subjects.
- Sometimes, I abominate feminism, for it discloses to me that what surrounds me is wrong, and it increases my expectations for a better society.
- As one who abominates everything the Third Reich stood for, I could not bring myself to judge her.
- He abominates anarchism; he thinks it's chaotic, sloppy-minded, infantile, inadvertently authoritarian.
- To comment first on Monsignor Maniscalco's letter: of course Pius XII was concerned for the Jews and their fate, and he abominated the Nazis.
- In fact, contact with many of them has taught me that it is possible to abominate the crime without always abominating the criminal.
- And he disappears amidst the unstoppable mob heading to classrooms, he is now gone and now I'm gone too, taking a class I now abominate.
Synonyms
abhor, hate, loathe, despise, execrate, regard with disgust, feel disgust for, feel repugnance towards, feel distaste for, shrink from, recoil from, shudder at, be unable to bear, be unable to abide, feel hostility to, feel aversion to, feel animosity to, find intolerable, dislike, disdain, have an aversion to
detest, loathe, hate, abhor, despise, dislike, execrate, feel aversion to, feel revulsion to, shudder at, recoil from, shrink from, be repelled by, not be able to bear, not be able to stand, find intolerable

Derivatives

abominator

noun

formal

The extreme abominator was saying that he had a Lenin beard.
Example sentencesExamples
- There had to be a way to allow the two vile abominators and their marvelous cameras onto sacred ground.
- It must please the Lord to no end to watch one group of abominators take on another group of abominators.
- I say, Be gone, you blasphemers; be gone you abominators, be gone you murderers, for I, the Lord God, know you not!
- In large part they've treated the rebellion as a chaotic overreaction, by rural enthusiasts of drinking and abominators of domestic taxation, to a duty that placed new costs on the consumption of a beloved beverage.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin abominat- 'deprecated', from the verb abominari, from ab- 'away, from' + omen, omin- 'omen'.

Rhymes

dominate, nominate

Definition of abominate in US English:

abominate

verbəˈbɑməˌneɪtəˈbäməˌnāt

[with object]formal

Detest; loathe.
〈正式〉厌恶，憎恨
they abominated the very idea of monarchy
他们对君主制思想深恶痛绝。
Example sentencesExamples
- Sometimes, I abominate feminism, for it discloses to me that what surrounds me is wrong, and it increases my expectations for a better society.
- He abominates anarchism; he thinks it's chaotic, sloppy-minded, infantile, inadvertently authoritarian.
- Anthony abominates his fantasies, but again hears a subversive voice.
- In fact, contact with many of them has taught me that it is possible to abominate the crime without always abominating the criminal.
- For this reason he abominated French impressionism.
- Cohen pointed out, quite rightly, that ‘there were 20 million reasons’ (the number of people killed by Stalin) to abominate the name of Stalin beyond all others.
- To comment first on Monsignor Maniscalco's letter: of course Pius XII was concerned for the Jews and their fate, and he abominated the Nazis.
- Thereafter Kemble gave readings of Shakespeare across the country, attracting the likes of the dissenting minister who told him that ‘though I abominate the stage yet I am a patron of Shakespeare in my social hours’.
- Again and again he declared that he would vigorously enforce laws which he abominates, on civil rights, abortion rights, gay rights, etc.
- A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.
- Poets in this tradition are less likely to abominate the larger society than to ignore it altogether and to concentrate on a narrow range of personal and domestic subjects.
- And he disappears amidst the unstoppable mob heading to classrooms, he is now gone and now I'm gone too, taking a class I now abominate.
- But you know what they say; it's an honor just to be abominated.
- Although the Romans abominated the memory of the later Etruscan kings of Rome, a long tradition approved of both Romulus, who was renowned for the arts of war, and Numa, renowned for the arts of peace.
- It is always difficult for passionate moral minorities to operate in plural cultures because they have to learn to live alongside practices which they abominate.
- Could it be that when Silone wrote to Bellone in 1931 about ‘the evil I have done’, he meant the evil of communism whose servant he had been and which he had come to abominate?
- His most ambitious music was abominated by conservative critics and also baffled concert audiences.
- Such asses fill the world with their braying and are to be abominated as beneath contempt.
- Football, on the other hand, takes working-class people and drops them into enormous tubs of money, interviews them constantly and then abominates their lack of taste and inarticulacy.
- As one who abominates everything the Third Reich stood for, I could not bring myself to judge her.
Synonyms
abhor, hate, loathe, despise, execrate, regard with disgust, feel disgust for, feel repugnance towards, feel distaste for, shrink from, recoil from, shudder at, be unable to bear, be unable to abide, feel hostility to, feel aversion to, feel animosity to, find intolerable, dislike, disdain, have an aversion to
detest, loathe, hate, abhor, despise, dislike, execrate, feel aversion to, feel revulsion to, shudder at, recoil from, shrink from, be repelled by, not be able to bear, not be able to stand, find intolerable

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin abominat- ‘deprecated’, from the verb abominari, from ab- ‘away, from’ + omen, omin- ‘omen’.

词汇	abominate
释义	Definition of abominate in English: abominate verb əˈbɒmɪneɪtəˈbɑməˌneɪt [with object]formal Detest; loathe. 〈正式〉厌恶，憎恨 they abominated the very idea of monarchy 他们对君主制思想深恶痛绝。 Example sentencesExamples Football, on the other hand, takes working-class people and drops them into enormous tubs of money, interviews them constantly and then abominates their lack of taste and inarticulacy. For this reason he abominated French impressionism. Could it be that when Silone wrote to Bellone in 1931 about ‘the evil I have done’, he meant the evil of communism whose servant he had been and which he had come to abominate? It is always difficult for passionate moral minorities to operate in plural cultures because they have to learn to live alongside practices which they abominate. A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority. Such asses fill the world with their braying and are to be abominated as beneath contempt. His most ambitious music was abominated by conservative critics and also baffled concert audiences. But you know what they say; it's an honor just to be abominated. Again and again he declared that he would vigorously enforce laws which he abominates, on civil rights, abortion rights, gay rights, etc. Thereafter Kemble gave readings of Shakespeare across the country, attracting the likes of the dissenting minister who told him that ‘though I abominate the stage yet I am a patron of Shakespeare in my social hours’. Although the Romans abominated the memory of the later Etruscan kings of Rome, a long tradition approved of both Romulus, who was renowned for the arts of war, and Numa, renowned for the arts of peace. Anthony abominates his fantasies, but again hears a subversive voice. Cohen pointed out, quite rightly, that ‘there were 20 million reasons’ (the number of people killed by Stalin) to abominate the name of Stalin beyond all others. Poets in this tradition are less likely to abominate the larger society than to ignore it altogether and to concentrate on a narrow range of personal and domestic subjects. Sometimes, I abominate feminism, for it discloses to me that what surrounds me is wrong, and it increases my expectations for a better society. As one who abominates everything the Third Reich stood for, I could not bring myself to judge her. He abominates anarchism; he thinks it's chaotic, sloppy-minded, infantile, inadvertently authoritarian. To comment first on Monsignor Maniscalco's letter: of course Pius XII was concerned for the Jews and their fate, and he abominated the Nazis. In fact, contact with many of them has taught me that it is possible to abominate the crime without always abominating the criminal. And he disappears amidst the unstoppable mob heading to classrooms, he is now gone and now I'm gone too, taking a class I now abominate. Synonyms abhor, hate, loathe, despise, execrate, regard with disgust, feel disgust for, feel repugnance towards, feel distaste for, shrink from, recoil from, shudder at, be unable to bear, be unable to abide, feel hostility to, feel aversion to, feel animosity to, find intolerable, dislike, disdain, have an aversion to detest, loathe, hate, abhor, despise, dislike, execrate, feel aversion to, feel revulsion to, shudder at, recoil from, shrink from, be repelled by, not be able to bear, not be able to stand, find intolerable Derivatives abominator noun formal The extreme abominator was saying that he had a Lenin beard. Example sentencesExamples There had to be a way to allow the two vile abominators and their marvelous cameras onto sacred ground. It must please the Lord to no end to watch one group of abominators take on another group of abominators. I say, Be gone, you blasphemers; be gone you abominators, be gone you murderers, for I, the Lord God, know you not! In large part they've treated the rebellion as a chaotic overreaction, by rural enthusiasts of drinking and abominators of domestic taxation, to a duty that placed new costs on the consumption of a beloved beverage. Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin abominat- 'deprecated', from the verb abominari, from ab- 'away, from' + omen, omin- 'omen'. Rhymes dominate, nominate Definition of abominate in US English: abominate verbəˈbɑməˌneɪtəˈbäməˌnāt [with object]formal Detest; loathe. 〈正式〉厌恶，憎恨 they abominated the very idea of monarchy 他们对君主制思想深恶痛绝。 Example sentencesExamples Sometimes, I abominate feminism, for it discloses to me that what surrounds me is wrong, and it increases my expectations for a better society. He abominates anarchism; he thinks it's chaotic, sloppy-minded, infantile, inadvertently authoritarian. Anthony abominates his fantasies, but again hears a subversive voice. In fact, contact with many of them has taught me that it is possible to abominate the crime without always abominating the criminal. For this reason he abominated French impressionism. Cohen pointed out, quite rightly, that ‘there were 20 million reasons’ (the number of people killed by Stalin) to abominate the name of Stalin beyond all others. To comment first on Monsignor Maniscalco's letter: of course Pius XII was concerned for the Jews and their fate, and he abominated the Nazis. Thereafter Kemble gave readings of Shakespeare across the country, attracting the likes of the dissenting minister who told him that ‘though I abominate the stage yet I am a patron of Shakespeare in my social hours’. Again and again he declared that he would vigorously enforce laws which he abominates, on civil rights, abortion rights, gay rights, etc. A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority. Poets in this tradition are less likely to abominate the larger society than to ignore it altogether and to concentrate on a narrow range of personal and domestic subjects. And he disappears amidst the unstoppable mob heading to classrooms, he is now gone and now I'm gone too, taking a class I now abominate. But you know what they say; it's an honor just to be abominated. Although the Romans abominated the memory of the later Etruscan kings of Rome, a long tradition approved of both Romulus, who was renowned for the arts of war, and Numa, renowned for the arts of peace. It is always difficult for passionate moral minorities to operate in plural cultures because they have to learn to live alongside practices which they abominate. Could it be that when Silone wrote to Bellone in 1931 about ‘the evil I have done’, he meant the evil of communism whose servant he had been and which he had come to abominate? His most ambitious music was abominated by conservative critics and also baffled concert audiences. Such asses fill the world with their braying and are to be abominated as beneath contempt. Football, on the other hand, takes working-class people and drops them into enormous tubs of money, interviews them constantly and then abominates their lack of taste and inarticulacy. As one who abominates everything the Third Reich stood for, I could not bring myself to judge her. Synonyms abhor, hate, loathe, despise, execrate, regard with disgust, feel disgust for, feel repugnance towards, feel distaste for, shrink from, recoil from, shudder at, be unable to bear, be unable to abide, feel hostility to, feel aversion to, feel animosity to, find intolerable, dislike, disdain, have an aversion to detest, loathe, hate, abhor, despise, dislike, execrate, feel aversion to, feel revulsion to, shudder at, recoil from, shrink from, be repelled by, not be able to bear, not be able to stand, find intolerable Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin abominat- ‘deprecated’, from the verb abominari, from ab- ‘away, from’ + omen, omin- ‘omen’.
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