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What is the difference between loathe and abominate?

loathe | abominate |

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

  • To hate, detest, revile.
  • I loathe scrubbing toilets.
    I absolutely loathe hydrangeas.
  • * Cowley
  • Loathing the honeyed cakes, I Ionged for bread.
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  • Usage notes

    Sometimes confused with the similarly-pronounced (loath), a related adjective.

    Synonyms

    * hate * detest * See also

    Derived terms

    * loathing * loathsome

    See also

    * abhor * despise * detest * dislike * hate * abominate

    abominate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (rare) Abominable; detested.
  • Verb

    (abominat)
  • 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.
  • Synonyms

    * (to abhor) hate, abhor, loathe, detest * See also

    Derived terms

    * abominator

    References

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