Antonyms for abominate

Grammar : Verb

Spell : uh-bom-uh-neyt

Phonetic Transcription : əˈbɒm əˌneɪt

Definition of abominate

Origin : 1640s, back-formation from abomination or from Latin abominatus, past participle of abominari (see abomination). Related: Abominated; abominating.

verb detest

Example sentences :

I abominate the idea of frying eggs in water as the Americans do.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

And, just between you and me, I will say that I abominate honesty in other people.
Extract from : « The Love Affairs of an Old Maid » by Lilian Bell

I thought you were beginning an Epic,—a thing I abominate of all others.
Extract from : « Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. » by Pierce Egan

They're from Tomkins's, and we girls just abominate his things.
Extract from : « Trent's Trust and Other Stories » by Bret Harte

I have no bowels for hypocrisy, and I abominate and detest kingship.
Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor

If there's anything I despise and abominate it's a breaker of dates.
Extract from : « Prudence Says So » by Ethel Hueston

Mere holding forth "I utterly detest, abominate, and abjure."
Extract from : « The Letters of Charles Dickens » by Charles Dickens

Do you know that I abominate myself when I am obliged to get so excited.
Extract from : « Fair Haven and Foul Strand » by August Strindberg

These animals, of all ill scents, abominate most that of the oil of turpentine.
Extract from : « An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. IV (of 4) » by William Kirby

For what is it that we abominate in heretics except their blasphemies?
Extract from : « Writings in Connection with the Donatist Controversy » by Aurelius Augustine

Synonyms for abominate

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