Word
abominableness
Phoneticsabom·inable·ness
Definition
n. the quality of being extremely bad, evil, or shocking. It describes something that makes you feel very sick or angry.
n. the state or quality of being extremely wicked, evil, or offensive. Often used to describe moral or physical horrors that provoke intense disgust.
Examples
“The abominableness of the crime shocked the whole town.”
“The witness described the abominableness of the conditions in the prison with such detail that the judge had to leave the room.”
“The poet spent his final years condemning the abominableness of the war, using his pen to expose the suffering of those who had been forgotten by the state.”
Examples
simple
“The abominableness of the crime shocked the whole town.”
contextual
“The witness described the abominableness of the conditions in the prison with such detail that the judge had to leave the room.”
complex
“The poet spent his final years condemning the abominableness of the war, using his pen to expose the suffering of those who had been forgotten by the state.”
Etymology
From abominable + -ness.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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