abominate /əˈbäməˌnāt, əˈbɑməˌneɪt 
/ ▸ verb [with object] formal detest; loathe: they abominated the very idea of monarchy.
– DERIVATIVES abominator /-ˌnātər/ noun – ORIGIN mid 17th century : from Latin abominat- ‘deprecated’, from the verb abominari, from ab- ‘away, from’ + omen, omin- ‘omen’.
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