abominable Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite unequivocally detestable
detestable; execrable; odious.
- abominable treatment of prisoners
- detestable vices
- execrable crimes
- consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke
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adjective satellite exceptionally bad or displeasing
dreadful; atrocious; terrible; unspeakable; awful; painful.
- atrocious taste
- abominable workmanship
- an awful voice
- dreadful manners
- a painful performance
- terrible handwriting
- an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room
WordNet
A*bom"i*na*ble adjective
Etymology
F.Definitions
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Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable. -
Excessive; large; -- used as an intensive. Obs.✍ Juliana Berners . . . informs us that in her time [15th c.], "abomynable syght of monkes" was elegant English for "a large company of friars." G. P. Marsh.