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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.
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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

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Words related to abominable

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

How to use abominable in a sentence

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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