Present participle of abominate; actively detesting or expressing intense disgust toward something.
Formed by adding '-ing' to 'abominate', creating the present participle form used in continuous tenses and as a gerund. This follows standard English verb morphology.
The '-ing' form lets you use the word as a noun ('Abominating injustice was his life's work') or in continuous tenses, which is why you'll see it more often in literature than the simple past or present forms.
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