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   abominate

   /əˈbɒmɪneɪt/

   verb

   • 1. detest; loathe: formal "they abominated the very idea of monarchy"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin abominat- ‘averted’, ‘loathed’, from the verb abominari, from ab- ‘away, from’ + omen, omin- ‘omen’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. abominator noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

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