abominable

• (obsolete) abhominable

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”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈbɑm.ə.nə.bl̩/, /əˈbɑm.nə.bl̩/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ɘˈbɔm.ɘ.nɘ.bɯ/

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abominable (comparative more abominable, superlative most abominable)

1. 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)
2. (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".

3. Very bad or inferior.
4. Disagreeable or unpleasant. [First attested in the late 19^th century.][1]

• Nouns to which "abominable" is often applied: man, woman, crime, act, deed, sin, vice, character, place, mystery, treatment, church, bride, snowman.

• abominable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• abominable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• abominable at OneLook Dictionary Search

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ə.bo.miˈna.blə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ə.bu.miˈna.blə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.bo.miˈna.ble/
• Rhymes: -aβle

abominable (masculine and feminine plural abominables)

1. abominable

• abominablement

• abominar
• abominació

From Latin abōminābilis (“abominable, detestable”).

• IPA^(key): /a.bɔ.mi.nabl/

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• Homophone: abominables

abominable (plural abominables)

1. Absolutely loathsome; abominable.
2. Exceedingly bad or ugly; abominable.

• 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

• abominable homme des neiges
• abominablement

• “abominable” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

abominable

1. Alternative form of abhomynable

From Latin abōminābilis.

• IPA^(key): /abomiˈnable/, [aβomiˈnaβle]

abominable (plural abominables)

1. abominable

• abominablemente

• abominar
• abominado

• “abominable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.