abominateEnglishOxford American Thesaurusabominate verb most New Yorkers abominate the countryside: detest, loathe, hate, abhor, despise, dislike, execrate, feel aversion/revulsion to, shudder at, recoil from, shrink from, be repelled by, not be able to bear/stand, find intolerable; informal be unable to stomach. ▷antonyms like, love.