v.
Pronunciation: ə - ' bä-m ə - ˌ n ā t
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form: -nat · ed ; -nat · ing
Etymology: Latin abominatus, past participle of abominari, literally, to deprecate as an ill omen, from ab- + omin-, omen omen
Date: 1628
: to hate or loathe intensely : ABHOR
synonyms see HATE
– abom · i · na · tor \ - ˌ n ā -t ə r \ noun