[f. L. abōmināt- ppl. stem of abōminā-ri: see ABOMINABLE and -ATE3.]
1. To feel extreme disgust and hatred towards; to regard with intense aversion; to abhor, loathe.
1644. Bulwer, Chironomia, 53. Who refuse, abhor, detest or abominate some execrable thing.
1649. Milton, Eikonokl., i. 339 (1851). A Scotch Warr, condemn’d and abominated by the whole kingdom.
1706. De Foe, Jure Divino, Pref. 4. Those who Swore to him when he was King … are all Perjur’d Rebels; abominable, and to be abominated by all good Men.
1728. Newton, Chronol. Amended, 9. The Egyptians … lived only on the fruits of the earth, and abominated flesh-eaters.
1866. Motley, Dutch Rep., III. v. 437. Influential persons in Madrid had openly abominated the cruel form of amnesty which had been decreed.
2. loosely. To dislike strongly.
1880. V. Lee, Italy, iv. iii. 170. Steele … had no musical sense, and abominated operas.
1881. A. Trollope, Ayala’s Angel, III. xlvi. 37. Then he spake again ‘I do abominate a perverse young woman.’
