ABOMINABLE


Meaning of ABOMINABLE in English

/ əˈbɒmɪnəbl; NAmE əˈbɑːm-/ adjective

extremely unpleasant and causing disgust

SYN appalling , disgusting :

The judge described the attack as an abominable crime.

We were served the most abominable coffee.

►  abom·in·ably / əˈbɒmɪnəbli; NAmE əˈbɑːm-/ adverb :

She treated him abominably.

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WORD ORIGIN

Middle English : via Old French from Latin abominabilis , from abominari , from ab- away, from + omen , omin- omen. The term was once widely believed to be from ab- away from + Latin homine (from homo human being), thus inhuman, beastly, and frequently spelled abhominable until the 17th cent.

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