abominable
[ uh-bom-uh-nuh-buhl ]
/ əˈbɒm ə nə bəl /
adjective
repugnantly hateful; detestable; loathsome: an abominable crime.
very unpleasant; disagreeable: The weather was abominable last week.
very bad, poor, or inferior: They have abominable taste in clothes.
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Which of the options below is the best punctuation for the sentence? It__s your turn to pick the movie __ but your sister gets to pick the board game we _ re going to play.
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ANTONYMS FOR abominable
2 delightful.
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abominable
/ (əˈbɒmɪnəbəl) /
adjective
offensive; loathsome; detestable
informal very bad, unpleasant, or inferiorabominable weather; abominable workmanship
Derived forms of abominable
abominably, adverbWord Origin for abominable
C14: from Latin abōminābilis, from abōminārī to abominate
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