Abominable

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French abominable, from 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’”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

Abominable (comparative {{{1}}}, superlative {{{2}}})

Positive Abominable

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1. Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.
2. (obsolete) Excessive; large; -- used as an intensive.

   Note: Juliana Berners ... informs us that in her time (15th century), "abomynable syght of monkes" was elegant English for "a large company of friars". - George Perkins Marsh

3. Very bad or inferior.

Derived terms

• abominable snowman
• abominableness
• abominably

Related terms

• abominate
• abomination

Translations

hateful; detestable; loathsome

Bulgarian: отвратителен bg(bg), противен bg(bg), ненавистен bg(bg) Dutch: abominabel nl(nl), afstotelijk nl(nl), verschrikkelijk nl(nl), afschuwelijk nl(nl) French: abominable fr(fr) German: verabscheuungswürdig de(de), verhasst de(de), abscheulich de(de) Hungarian: utálatos hu(hu), undorító hu(hu), gyűlöletes hu(hu)

Interlingua: abominabile ia(ia) Italian: abominabile it(it) Latin: abōminābilis la(la) Portuguese: abominável pt(pt) Romanian: abominabil ro(ro)

(obsolete) excessive; large

German: riesig de(de), monströs de(de)

very bad or inferior

Hungarian: förtelmes hu(hu)

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Spanish: abominable es(es)

Vietnamese: đáng ghét, ghê tởm, kinh tởm

References

• 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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French

Etymology

From Latin abōminābilis (“‘abominable, detestable’”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /a.bɔ.mi.nabl/, SAMPA: /abOminabl@/

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• Homophones: abominables

Adjective

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1. Absolutely loathsome; abominable.
2. 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), impi (religious)
• (exceedingly bad or ugly): laid, détestable, exécrable, horrible

Derived terms

• abominable homme des neiges
• abominablement

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Spanish

Adjective

Abominable m. and f. (plural Abominables)

1. abominable

Related terms

• abominar
• abominado

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