tr.v., -nat·ed, -nat·ing, -nates.
To detest thoroughly; abhor.
[Latin abōminārī, abōmināt-, to deprecate as a bad omen : ab-, away; see ab-1 + ōmen, omen.]
abominator a·bom'i·na'tor n.
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