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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I came to Germany abominating the English and burning to strike a blow for you.
From Greenmantle by John Buchan
For they, abominating all images, worshipped God only by fire.”
From The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets by Eleazar Lord
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
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
There was once a compliance between the nobles of Judah and the Samaritans, which I hope you do not read of without abominating the thing: You find it, Neh. vi.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie
