What is the difference between loathe and abominate?
loathe | abominate |
To hate, detest, revile.
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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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Abominate is a see also of loathe.
As verbs the difference between loathe and abominate
is that loathe is to hate, detest, revile while abominate is {{context|transitive|lang=en}} to feel disgust towards; to abhor; to loathe or detest thoroughly; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread {{defdate|first attested in the mid 17th century}}.As a adjective abominate is
{{context|rare|lang=en}} abominable; detested {{defdate|first attested in the late 16th century}}{{reference-book| last =| first =| authorlink =| coauthors =| editor =brown, lesley| others =| title = the shorter oxford english dictionary| origdate =| origyear = 1933| origmonth =| url =| format =| accessdate =| accessyear =| accessmonth =| edition = 5th| date =| year =2003| month =| publisher =oxford university press| location =oxford, uk| language =| id =| doi =| isbn =978-0-19-860575-7| lccn =| ol =| pages =6| chapter =| chapterurl =| quote =}}.loathe
English
Verb
- I loathe scrubbing toilets.
- I absolutely loathe hydrangeas.
- Loathing the honeyed cakes, I Ionged for bread.