adjective · rare

abominable

a·bom·i·na·ble

abominable · more abominable · most abominable

жахливий, страшний, грізний

отвратительный, противный, гадкий, гнусный

abscheulich, verhasst, verabscheuungswürdig

Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omenWorthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.

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US/əˈbɑm.ə.nə.bl̩/

» I heard that they found the footprints of an abominable snowman in the Himalayas.

Meaning

4 senses

Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.
abominable crime
utterly abominable
verabscheuungswürdig, verhasst, abscheulich
отврати́тельныйotvratítelʹnyj, омерзи́тельныйomerzítelʹnyj, проти́вныйprotívnyj
Very bad or inferior.
отврати́тельныйotvratítelʹnyj
exceptionally bad or displeasing
Disagreeable or unpleasant.
abominable weather
The prisoners were kept in abominable conditions.
(obsolete)Excessive, large (used as an intensifier).
riesig, monströs

Examples

12 sentences

I heard that they found the footprints of an abominable snowman in the Himalayas.
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I heard that footprints of an abominable snowman have been discovered in the Himalayas.
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I heard that footprints of an abominable snowman were found in the Himalayan mountains.
ruСлышал, что следы жуткого снежного человека были найдены в горах Гималая.
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I heard that they discovered the footprints of an abominable snowman in the Himalayan mountains.
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All wars are absurd and abominable.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

hateful; detestable; loathsome:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

hateful; detestable; loathsome:

(obsolete) excessive; large:

Origin

From Middle English abhomynable, from Old French abominable, from Late Latin abōminābilis

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”). Formerly erroneously folk-etymologized as deriving from Latin ab- + homo, literally "away from humankind," and therefore spelled abhominable, abhominal (Hence, Shakespeare puns on this when Hamlet speaks of incompetent actors that "imitate humanity abominably.")

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