Sentence:  "Much as I <WSD>abominate</WSD> writing, I would not give up Mr. Collins's correspondence for any consideration." 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  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 17th century.)<ref name=SOED/>