Word of the Day

abominate \uh-BOM-uh-nayt\,

transitive verb:

To hate in the highest degree; to detest intensely; to loathe; to abhor.

Abominate comes from Latin abominari, "to deprecate as a bad omen, to hate, to detest," from ab- + omen, "an omen."

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