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Word Meanings - ABOMINATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety. Syn. -- To hate; abhor; loathe; detest. See Hate.

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  • DETESTABLY
    In a detestable manner.
  • ESCHEW
    1. To shun; to avoid, as something wrong, or from a feeling of distaste; to keep one's self clear of. They must not only eschew evil, but do good. Bp. Beveridge. 2. To escape from; to avoid. He who obeys, destruction shall eschew. Sandys.
  • DISLIKE
    1. To regard with dislike or aversion; to disapprove; to disrelish. Every nation dislikes an impost. Johnson. 2. To awaken dislike in; to displease. "Disliking countenance." Marston. "It dislikes me." Shak.
  • ABHORRENCY
    Abhorrence. Locke.
  • ESCHEWER
    One who eschews.
  • ABHORRENT
    1. Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing; hence, strongly opposed to; as, abhorrent thoughts. The persons most abhorrent from blood and treason. Burke. The arts of pleasure in despotic courts I spurn abhorrent. Clover. 2.
  • ESCHEWMENT
    The act of eschewing.
  • ABOMINATE
    To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety. Syn. -- To hate; abhor; loathe; detest. See Hate.
  • DETESTABLE
    Worthy of being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; very odious; deserving abhorrence; as, detestable vices. Thou hast defiled my sanctuary will all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations. Ezek. v. 11. Syn. -- Abominable;
  • ABHORRIBLE
    Detestable.
  • DESPISEMENT
    A despising. Holland.
  • DISLIKENESS
    Unlikeness. Locke.
  • DETESTABLENESS
    The quality or state of being detestable.
  • DETESTATE
    To detest. Udall.
  • DESPISE
    To look down upon with disfavor or contempt; to contemn; to scorn; to disdain; to have a low opinion or contemptuous dislike of. Fools despise wisdom and instruction. Prov. i. 7. Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who
  • DETESTABILITY
    Capacity of being odious. Carlyle.
  • DESPISER
    One who despises; a contemner; a scorner.
  • LOATHER
    One who loathes.
  • DISLIKELIHOOD
    The want of likelihood; improbability. Sir W. Scott.
  • DISLIKEN
    To make unlike; to disguise. Shak.
  • SELF-ABHORRENCE
    Abhorrence of one's self.

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