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Webster 1913 Edition
Abominable
1.
Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.
2.
Excessive; large; – used as an intensive.
[Obs.]
☞ Juliana Berners . . . informs us that in her time [15th c.], “abomynable syght of monkes” was elegant English for “a large company of friars.”
G. P. Marsh.
Webster 1828 Edition
Abominable
ABOM'INABLE
,Adj.
1.
Very hateful; detestable; lothesome.2.
This word is applicable to whatever is odious to the mind or offensive to the senses.3.
Unclean. Levit. vli.Definition 2024
abominable
abominable
English
Alternative forms
- (obsolete) abhominable
Adjective
abominable (comparative more abominable, superlative most abominable)
- Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable. [first attested around 1150 to 1350][1]
- But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. — Revelation 21:8 (KJV)
- (obsolete) Excessive, large (used as an intensifier).
- (Can we date this quote?) George Perkins Marsh
- Note: Juliana Berners ... informs us that in her time (15th century), "abomynable syght of monkes" was elegant English for "a large company of friars".
- (Can we date this quote?) George Perkins Marsh
- Very bad or inferior.
- Disagreeable or unpleasant. [First attested in the late 19th century.][1]
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "abominable" is often applied: man, woman, crime, act, deed, sin, vice, character, place, mystery, treatment, church.
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Translations
hateful; detestable; loathsome
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very bad or inferior
References
- 1 2 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 6
- abominable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- abominable in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- abominable at OneLook Dictionary Search
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Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aβle
Adjective
abominable m, f (masculine and feminine plural abominables)
Derived terms
Related terms
- abominar
- abominació
French
Etymology
From Latin abōminābilis (“abominable, detestable”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.bɔ.mi.nabl/
- Homophone: abominables
Adjective
abominable m, f (plural abominables)
- Absolutely loathsome; abominable.
- Exceedingly bad or ugly; abominable.
Synonyms
- Most terms of the second category also have literal meanings closer to that of the first, but are now less common in these uses, as well as marking actions that are not as markedly odious.
- (loathsome): odieux, méprisable, ignoble, sacrilège (religious), impie (religious)
- (exceedingly bad or ugly): laid, détestable, exécrable, horrible