abominable
AdjectiveUS[uh-bom-uh-nuh-buhl]/əˈbɑmənəbəl/5 syllables
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Adjective (2)
- unequivocally detestable“abominable treatment of prisoners”“detestable vices”“execrable crimes”“consequences odious to those you govern — Edmund Burke”Synonyms: detestableexecrableodiousOpposite lovableSimilar hateful
- 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”Synonyms: atrociousawfuldreadfulpainfulterribleunspeakableOpposite goodSimilar bad
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
A·bom′i·na·ble (…), adjective
Origin: 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.
2. Excessive; large; — used as an intensive. obsolete
☞ Juliana Berners... informs us that in her time [15th c.], “abomynable syght of monkes” was elegant English for “a large company of friars.” George Perkin Marsh
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54