abominate
verb
abom·i·nate
ə-ˈbä-mə-ˌnāt 
abominated; abominating
formal
: to hate or loathe intensely : abhor
Above all he abominated intolerance …—
G. R. Elton
G. R. Elton
Examples of abominate in a Sentence
a politician who is revered by his supporters and abominated by his enemies
he abominates the sight of the park he once loved being turned into a parking lot
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And there is nothing more deflating than watching someone who has put his foot wrong in this culture subject himself to performative self-criticism, abominating himself as a bearer of privilege.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 2 July 2019
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Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 2 July 2019
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