Word
abominable
Phoneticsabom·inable
US/əˈbɑmənəbəɫ/
UK/ɐbˈɒmɪnəbəl/
Definitions
01morally hateful
adj. extremely bad or evil in a way that makes you feel disgusted.
adj. deserving of or causing intense loathing or moral revulsion.
“The dictator was responsible for abominable crimes against his own people.”
“The international community condemned the abominable treatment of political prisoners, citing numerous violations of basic human rights.”
Formal
02very unpleasant or poor quality
adj. very unpleasant, or of such bad quality that it is difficult to tolerate.
adj. exceptionally poor in quality or extremely disagreeable in nature.
“The weather during our holiday was absolutely abominable, with constant rain and wind.”
“The service at the restaurant was abominable, leaving the guests waiting for over an hour before their orders were even acknowledged.”
Usage
Often used with the intensifier 'absolutely' for emphasis.
Real-World Examples
“The exception is when the subject is so clearly an abominable, Kafkaesque tale of mismanagement and incompetence visited upon ordinary people.” Etymology
From Middle English abhomynable, from Old French abominable, from Late Latin abōminābilis (“deserving abhorrence”), from abōminor (“abhor, deprecate as an ill omen”), from ab (“from, away from”) + ōminor (“forebode, predict, presage”), from ōmen (“sign, token, omen”). Formerly erroneously folk-etymologized as deriving from Latin ab- + homo, literally "away from humankind," and therefore spelled abhominable, abhominal (Hence, Shakespeare puns on this when Hamlet speaks of incompetent actors that "imitate humanity abominably.")
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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