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abominablea‧bom‧i‧na‧ble /əˈbɒmɪnəbəl, -mənə- $ əˈbɑː-/ adjective abominableOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French, Latin abominabilis, from abominari ‘to treat as a bad omen, abominate’, from ab- ‘away’ + omen ( ➔ OMEN) - He found it hard to describe to me the abominable way in which he was treated in a prisoner of war camp.
- Here was a man, held in high esteem by outsiders, yet his behaviour inside the home was abominable.
- How could the kind, divinely blessed, allow this abominable act?
- That was the last abominable shot I hit that day.
- The facts were too bad, too bald, abominable, pitiful.
- Whatever happened, she wouldn't let her determination waver over the rejection of the abominable Draper.
extremely unpleasant or of very bad quality SYN terrible: abominable cruelty—abominably adverb: Mavis behaved abominably. |