different between abomination vs abominate

English

Alternative forms

• abhomination (obsolete)
• abominacioun (obsolete)

Etymology

First attested around 1350. From Middle English abominacioun, from Middle French abomination (“horror, disgust”), from Late Latin ab?min?ti? (“abomination”); ab (“away from”) + ?min?r? (“prophesy, foreboding”), from ?men (“omen”). Doublet of abominatio.abominate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /??b?m.??ne?.?n?/, /??b?m.??ne?.?n?/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

abomination (countable and uncountable, plural abominations)

1. (countable) An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]
2. (uncountable) The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

   Synonyms: abhorrence, aversion, detestation, disgust, loathing, loathsomeness, odiousness

3. (obsolete, uncountable) A state that excites detestation or abhorrence; pollution. [Attested from around 1350-1470 to the late 15^th century.]
4. (countable) That which is abominable, shamefully vile; an object that excites disgust and hatred; very often with religious undertones. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

   Synonym: perversion

Translations

References

• abomination in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Etymology

From Late Latin abominationem

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.b?.mi.na.sj??/

Noun

abomination f (plural abominations)

1. Something vile and abominable; an abomination.
2. (chiefly religion) Revulsion, abomination, disgust.

Further reading

• “abomination” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

First attested in 1644. Perhaps a back-formation from abomination. Alternatively, perhaps from Late Latin ab?min?tus, past participle of ab?minar? (“to deprecate as an ill omen”), from ab + ominari (“to forebode, presage”), from omen.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??b?m.??n??t/, /??b?m.??n??t/
• (adjective): (US) IPA^(key): /?.?b?m.?.?n??t/, /?.?b?m.?.?n??t/, /?.?b?m.?.n?t/

Adjective

abominate (comparative more abominate, superlative most abominate)

1. (rare) Abominable; detested. [First attested in the late 16^th century.]

Verb

abominate (third-person singular simple present abominates, present participle abominating, simple past and past participle abominated)

1. (transitive) To feel disgust towards; to loathe or detest thoroughly; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread. [First attested in the mid 17^th century.]

   Synonym: abhor
2. (transitive, colloquial) To dislike strongly. [First attested in the late 19^th century.]

Synonyms

• (to abhor): abhor, loathe, detest
• See also Thesaurus:hate

Derived terms

• abominator

Related terms

• abomination

Translations

References

Italian

Verb

abominate

1. second-person plural present indicative of abominare
2. second-person plural imperative of abominare
3. feminine plural of abominato

Latin

Verb

ab?min?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ab?min?