abominate

Meanings

Verb

find repugnant
To feel disgust towards; to loathe or detest thoroughly; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread.
To dislike strongly.

Adj

Abominable; detested.

Origin / Etymology

First attested in 1644. Perhaps a back-formation from abomination. Alternatively, perhaps from Late Latin abōminātus, past participle of abōminarī (“to deprecate as an ill omen”), from ab + ominari (“to forebode, presage”), from omen.

Synonyms

abhor, detest, execrate, loathe

Scrabble Score: 13

abominate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
abominate is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
abominate is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

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