abominate
verb🔊/əˈbɒmɪneɪt/
🔊/əˈbɑːmɪneɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they abominate | 🔊/əˈbɒmɪneɪt/ 🔊/əˈbɑːmɪneɪt/ |
| he / she / it abominates | 🔊/əˈbɒmɪneɪts/ 🔊/əˈbɑːmɪneɪts/ |
| past simple abominated | 🔊/əˈbɒmɪneɪtɪd/ 🔊/əˈbɑːmɪneɪtɪd/ |
| past participle abominated | 🔊/əˈbɒmɪneɪtɪd/ 🔊/əˈbɑːmɪneɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form abominating | 🔊/əˈbɒmɪneɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/əˈbɑːmɪneɪtɪŋ/ |
- abominate something/somebody
to feel deep hate or horror for something/somebody 憎恨；憎恶；厌恶；极其讨厌 Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin abominat- ‘deprecated’, from the verb abominari, from ab- ‘away, from’ + omen, omin- ‘omen’.