Abominable
adjective
Very bad or unpleasant.
He described the murder as an abominable crime.
Often appears as...
- abominable crime
- abominable conditions
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Disapproving
adjective
Very disagreeable or unpleasant.
I felt abominable and stayed in bed.
Often appears as...
- feel abominable
- abominable weather
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Disapproving
adjective
Causing moral revulsion.
The uprising was suppressed with abominable cruelty.
Often appears as...
- abominable cruelty
- abominable treatment
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Disapproving
adjective
Very bad or unpleasant.
He described the murder as an abominable crime.
Often appears as...
- abominable crime
- abominable conditions
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Very disagreeable or unpleasant.
I felt abominable and stayed in bed.
Often appears as...
- feel abominable
- abominable weather
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Causing moral revulsion.
The uprising was suppressed with abominable cruelty.
Often appears as...
- abominable cruelty
- abominable treatment
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Extreme Dislike
Use 'abominable' to express strong distaste or hatred towards something.
The abominable treatment of prisoners sparked outrage.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Mildly Bad
Reserve 'abominable' for situations that are exceptionally bad, not just slightly unpleasant.
Their performance was abominable, far worse than last year's.
Pro Tip 1/2Extreme Dislike
Use 'abominable' to express strong distaste or hatred towards something.
The abominable treatment of prisoners sparked outrage.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Mildly Bad
Reserve 'abominable' for situations that are exceptionally bad, not just slightly unpleasant.
Their performance was abominable, far worse than last year's.
Pro Tip 1/2Extreme Dislike
Use 'abominable' to express strong distaste or hatred towards something.
The abominable treatment of prisoners sparked outrage.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Mildly Bad
Reserve 'abominable' for situations that are exceptionally bad, not just slightly unpleasant.
Their performance was abominable, far worse than last year's.
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atrociousdespicabledetestableexecrablehatefulhorribleloathsomeodiousreprehensiblerepugnant
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Video examples
Cloudy with a chance of...
there's two cats dancing the salsa for seeing the beak for seeing the the big white puffy one up there over the shopping center looks like the abominable snowman going to rob a bank
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Evidence of the Yeti PIPE...
wrote a letter home he used the memorable phrase the abominable snowman is not a myth Shipton's picture made headlines around the globe nowadays they be cries of hoax
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Cloudy with a chance of...
there's two cats dancing the salsa for seeing the beak for seeing the the big white puffy one up there over the shopping center looks like the abominable snowman going to rob a bank
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Evidence of the Yeti PIPE...
wrote a letter home he used the memorable phrase the abominable snowman is not a myth Shipton's picture made headlines around the globe nowadays they be cries of hoax
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Quote examples
David Limbaugh
American Author
Americans were outraged and horrified by this president's reckless spending and his endless assaults on the Constitution, but no issue drove them to rise up and fight back like Obamacare - both the abominable legislative monstrosity itself and the tyrannical, corrupt manner by which Obama crammed it through the legislative process.
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Saint Ignatius
Spanish Saint
In the light of the Divine Goodness, it seems to me, though others may think differently, that ingratitude is the most abominable of sins and that it should be detested in the sight of our Creator and Lord by all of His creatures who are capable of enjoying His divine and everlasting glory.
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Angela Rayner
British Politician
2018 marks 30 years since Margaret Thatcher's government introduced Section 28, one of its most abominable policies. As a part of the Local Government Act, this Section was designed to prevent local authorities and schools from the so-called promotion of LGBT+ issues.
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Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
Reading literature remains a civilising activity, no matter that it's literature in which people do and say abominable things and the author curses like the very devil. What's at issue is how we describe the way the civilising works.
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Richard Jefferies
English Writer
No tyrant, however evil, has yet lacked ready hands to execute his most abominable will. To read how eagerly men have rushed to serve the despot is the bitterest, the saddest matter of history; it is the saddest sight in our own day.
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Michael Moriarty
American Actor
I'm fairly certain that the seeds of Mel Gibson's extraordinary work 'The Passion of the Christ' were sown long before Islamic fundamentalists delivered their abominable message to America and the entire Judeo-Christian civilization.
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Jose Marti
Cuban Activist
Just as he who gives his life to serve a great idea is admirable, he who avails himself of a great idea to serve his personal hopes of glory and power is abominable, even if he too risks his life.
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Tom Tancredo
American Politician
ISIS hates the West as an abominable nest of infidels - infidels who reject the Quran and Shariah Law and so must be annihilated. We are the obstacle to the new Caliphate.
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Skip Bayless
American Journalist
For me, watching football played in the snow is abominable, as in snowman.
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Jack Kerouac
American Novelist
My manners, abominable at times, can be sweet.
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David Limbaugh
American Author
Americans were outraged and horrified by this president's reckless spending and his endless assaults on the Constitution, but no issue drove them to rise up and fight back like Obamacare - both the abominable legislative monstrosity itself and the tyrannical, corrupt manner by which Obama crammed it through the legislative process.
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Saint Ignatius
Spanish Saint
In the light of the Divine Goodness, it seems to me, though others may think differently, that ingratitude is the most abominable of sins and that it should be detested in the sight of our Creator and Lord by all of His creatures who are capable of enjoying His divine and everlasting glory.
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Angela Rayner
British Politician
2018 marks 30 years since Margaret Thatcher's government introduced Section 28, one of its most abominable policies. As a part of the Local Government Act, this Section was designed to prevent local authorities and schools from the so-called promotion of LGBT+ issues.
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Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
Reading literature remains a civilising activity, no matter that it's literature in which people do and say abominable things and the author curses like the very devil. What's at issue is how we describe the way the civilising works.
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Richard Jefferies
English Writer
No tyrant, however evil, has yet lacked ready hands to execute his most abominable will. To read how eagerly men have rushed to serve the despot is the bitterest, the saddest matter of history; it is the saddest sight in our own day.
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Michael Moriarty
American Actor
I'm fairly certain that the seeds of Mel Gibson's extraordinary work 'The Passion of the Christ' were sown long before Islamic fundamentalists delivered their abominable message to America and the entire Judeo-Christian civilization.
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Jose Marti
Cuban Activist
Just as he who gives his life to serve a great idea is admirable, he who avails himself of a great idea to serve his personal hopes of glory and power is abominable, even if he too risks his life.
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Tom Tancredo
American Politician
ISIS hates the West as an abominable nest of infidels - infidels who reject the Quran and Shariah Law and so must be annihilated. We are the obstacle to the new Caliphate.
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Skip Bayless
American Journalist
For me, watching football played in the snow is abominable, as in snowman.
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Jack Kerouac
American Novelist
My manners, abominable at times, can be sweet.
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