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[ uh -bom -uh -nuh -buh l ] SHOW IPA
/ əˈbɒm ə nə bəl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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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.
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
SYNONYMS FOR abominable 1 abhorrent, horrible, revolting, foul.
2 miserable.
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ANTONYMS FOR abominable 1 likable, admirable.
2 delightful.
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OTHER WORDS FROM abominable a·bom·i·na·ble·ness, noun a·bom·i·na·bly, adverb su·per·a·bom·i·na·ble, adjective su·per·a·bom·i·na·ble·ness, noun
su·per·a·bom·i·na·bly, adverb
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Example sentences from the Web for abominable What kind of abominable killjoy would be against loving presents and cookies?
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Abominable acts of violence have become common enough in Mexico that the public has built up a tolerance for such news.
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Friends, people close to him, his lawyers, have advised him to protect himself, to not watch this abominable film.
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Caro, who portrays LBJ at times as an abominable monster, capable of just about anything, was horrified.
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It is not the abominable prayer that God commandeth, but the faithful, penitent prayer.
A Christian Directory (Part 2 of 4) | Richard Baxter
It was an abominable state of things, but there was nothing to be done, and that was the worst part of it.
Cecilia | F. Marion Crawford
"My dear Beaumaroy, the land about here is abominable ," Naylor expostulated.
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And you are a wicked and abominable boy to talk in that way to me.
Through the Fray | G. A. Henty
They established idolatrous and abominable worship as a religion of the king.
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British Dictionary definitions for abominable adjective offensive; loathsome; detestable
informal very bad, unpleasant, or inferior abominable 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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