abominable

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Origin of abominable

1325–75; Middle English <Latin abōminābilis, equivalent to abōminā(rī) to pray to avert an eventuality, despise as a bad omen, abhor (see ab-, omen) + -bilis-ble

OTHER WORDS FROM abominable

a·bom·i·na·ble·ness, nouna·bom·i·na·bly, adverbsu·per·a·bom·i·na·ble, adjectivesu·per·a·bom·i·na·ble·ness, noun

su·per·a·bom·i·na·bly, adverb

Words nearby abominable

abolla, bolt from the blue, a, abomasum, A-bomb, Abomey, abominable, Abominable Snowman, abominate, abomination, abondance, à bon marché

How to use abominable in a sentence

An ethical case can be made for dropping an abominable turd in of their Type-A track, just for humbling.
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What kind of abominable killjoy would be against loving presents and cookies?
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Abominable acts of violence have become common enough in Mexico that the public has built up a tolerance for such news.
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And that even skips right over the biggest, biggest issue with Selfie, which is its aforementioned abominable title.
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Friends, people close to him, his lawyers, have advised him to protect himself, to not watch this abominable film.
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So the question is, can Lebanon survive the "Lebanonization" of Syria without another abominable round of bloodletting?
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Looked at in its proper light, the Corn-law League is nothing but an abominable conspiracy against labour.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
He began puffing out of the "kinopium" a most abominable air, which he said was the "Duke's March."
Little Travels and Roadside Sketches|William Makepeace Thackeray
The sensual and abominable Carinus displayed the extravagancies of Heliogabalus, aggravated by the cruelty of Domitian.
The Catacombs of Rome|William Henry Withrow
He loveth no groats, nor pence, or two-pence; Give us red royals, if ye will see his abominable presence.New Gyse.
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Have you read Janin's abominable article against melancholy and mocking poets?
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British Dictionary definitions for abominable

abominable

/ (əˈbɒmɪnəbəl) /

adjective

offensive; loathsome; detestable

informal very bad, unpleasant, or inferiorabominable weather; abominable workmanship

Derived forms of abominable

abominably, adverb

Word Origin for abominable

C14: from Latin abōminābilis, from abōminārī to abominate

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