Abominate vs Abject - What's the difference?
abominate | abject |
To feel disgust towards; to abhor; to loathe or detest thoroughly; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread.
* "Much as I abominate writing, I would not give up Mr. Collins's correspondence for any consideration." ([http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice Pride and Prejudice])
(colloquial) To dislike strongly.
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(obsolete) Rejected; cast aside.
Sunk to or existing in a low condition, state, or position.
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Cast down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; grovelling; despicable; lacking courage; offered in a humble and often ingratiating spirit.
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Showing utter hopelessness; helplessness; showing resignation; wretched.
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(obsolete) To cast off or out; to reject.
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(obsolete) To cast down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase.
English heteronyms
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As adjectives the difference between abominate and abject
is that abominate is (rare) abominable; detested while abject is (obsolete) rejected; cast aside .As verbs the difference between abominate and abject
is that abominate is to feel disgust towards; to abhor; to loathe or detest thoroughly; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread while abject is (obsolete) to cast off or out; to reject .As a noun abject is
a person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway; outcast .abominate
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Verb
(abominat)Synonyms
* (to abhor) hate, abhor, loathe, detest * See alsoDerived terms
* abominatorReferences
abject
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Etymology 1
* From (etyl) .Adjective
(en-adj)Usage notes
* Nouns to which "abject" is often applied: poverty, fear, terror, submission, misery, failure, state, condition, apology, humility, servitude, manner, coward.Synonyms
* beggarly, contemptible, cringing, degraded, groveling, ignoble, mean, mean-spirited, slavish, vile, worthlessVerb
(en verb)- (John Donne)
