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abominable

[ uh-bom-uh-nuh-buhl ]
/ əˈbɒm ə nə bəl /
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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.

RELATED WORDS

abhorrent, wretched, terrible, atrocious, horrid, vile, reprehensible, disgusting, odious, heinous, repugnant, despicable, repulsive, horrible, awful, revolting, contemptible, bad, base, beastly

Nearby words

  1. abolla,
  2. abollae,
  3. abomasum,
  4. abomasus,
  5. abomey,
  6. abominable snowman,
  7. abominate,
  8. abomination,
  9. abondance,
  10. aboon

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
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abominable

/ (əˈbɒmɪnəbəl) /

adjective

offensive; loathsome; detestable
informal very bad, unpleasant, or inferiorabominable weather; abominable workmanship
Derived Formsabominably, adverb

Word Origin for abominable

C14: from Latin abōminābilis, from abōminārī to abominate
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Word Origin and History for abominable

abominable

adj.

mid-14c., from Old French abominable (12c.) and directly from Late Latin abominabilis "deserving abhorrence," from stem of Latin abominari "deplore as an evil omen" (see abomination). Sometimes misdivided in earlier centuries as a bominable. Also often abhominable 14c.-17c. Related: Abominably.

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