abominate
verb (used with object)
to regard with intense aversion or loathing; abhor.
abominating
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present participleof abominate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Both agreed in abominating the present state of Affairs.
From Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) by Edward Stanley
I could never approve in thy uncle this machine for spiritual ductility; besides, I have for all wax puppets such an abominating, shuddering dread.
From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul
History, always abominating lapses, is yet more tender of some places than others.
From The Prince of India — Volume 01 by Lewis Wallace
She had remained unmarried, abominating the world after certain deceptions in her youth for which Jaime's father had been responsible.
From The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan by Frances Douglas
Definitely, abominating the wheel, he rent it to bits in his imagination, experiencing the joy of the convict who passes out through the door of his prison and breathes the air of freedom.
From The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan by Frances Douglas
