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abominable

[ uh-bom-uh-nuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. repugnantly hateful; detestable; loathsome:

    an abominable crime.

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  2. very unpleasant; disagreeable:

    The weather was abominable last week.

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  3. very bad, poor, or inferior:

    They have abominable taste in clothes.



abominable

/ əˈɒɪəə /

adjective

  1. offensive; loathsome; detestable
  2. informal.
    very bad, unpleasant, or inferior

    abominable workmanship

    abominable weather

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of abominable1

1325–75; Middle English < Latin ō, equivalent to ō ( ī ) to pray to avert an eventuality, despise as a bad omen, abhor ( ab-, omen ) + -bilis -ble
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of abominable1

C14: from Latin ō, from ōī to abominate
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Example Sentences

The effort to revoke birthright citizenship and 160 years of jurisprudence on the 14th Amendment is abominable….

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"Justice will be done," government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya posted on X platform, terming the musician's killing an "abominable act".

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Meloni has described surrogacy as "a symbol of an abominable society that confuses desire with rights and replaces God with money".

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The Supreme Court’s track record concerning federal legislation especially is abominable, from Dred Scott to Hammer v.

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He's in charge and this abominable presence just looms over American society spreading poison day in and day out.

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