adj.1 detestable; loathsome; morally reprehensible.
2 colloq. very bad or unpleasant (abominable weather).
Phrases and idioms:
Abominable Snowman an unidentified manlike or bearlike animal said to exist in the Himalayas; a yeti.
Derivatives:
abominably adv.
Etymology: ME f. OF f. L abominabilis f. abominari deprecate (as AB-, ominari f. OMEN)