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How to pronounce abominate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms abhor, execrate, loathe
Type of detest, hate
Derivation abominable, abomination, abominator

Examples of abominate

abominate
The Sixth Sense is, I suppose, a horror film, something I normally abominate.
From the independent.co.uk
I absolutely abominate absolutely everything about this season of the year.
From the forbes.com
I absolutely deplore and abominate, however, the person that Clinton is.
From the time.com
Even Twain, who can abominate with the best of them, gets tiresome when he does it for 30 pages or so.
From the time.com
Millions of Africans abominate homosexuality without having to rely on old laws they're free to repeal.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
I abominate this immoral display of wealth, spending more on recreational travel than people are quite easily able to do.
From the kansas.com
You may abominate the stance taken by the other side, but it at least possesses the validity of being a stance.
From the theatlantic.com
Jackals the jackals would despise, stones that the dry thistle would bite and bit on and spit out, vipers that the vipers would abominate.
From the npr.org
More examples
  • Abhor: find repugnant; "I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats"
  • To feel disgust towards; to abhor; to loathe or detest thoroughly; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; Abominable; detested
  • To abominate something is to hate it from gut. Some people detest the sight of lizards. Some hate the smell of eggs. Abominate is a deep rooted feeling of hatred.