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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. unequivocally detestable;
- Example: "abominable treatment of prisoners"
- Example: "detestable vices"
- Example: "execrable crimes"
- Example: "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke
[syn: abominable, detestable, execrable, odious]

2. exceptionally bad or displeasing;
- Example: "atrocious taste"
- Example: "abominable workmanship"
- Example: "an awful voice"
- Example: "dreadful manners"
- Example: "a painful performance"
- Example: "terrible handwriting"
- Example: "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
[syn: atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Abominable \A*bom"i*na*ble\, a. [F. abominable. L. abominalis.
   See Abominate.]
   1. Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil
      omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful;
      detestable; loathsome; execrable.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Excessive; large; -- used as an intensive. [Obs.]
      [1913 Webster]

   Note: 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.
         [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

abominable
    adj 1: unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of
           prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes";
           "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke
           [syn: abominable, detestable, execrable, odious]
    2: exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste";
       "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful
       manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting";
       "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" [syn:
       atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful,
       terrible, unspeakable]