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  • 21abominable — [[t]əbɒ̱mɪnəb(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is abominable is very unpleasant or bad. The President described the killings as an abominable crime... English food can be wonderful but the normal English diet is abominable. Syn: detestable… …

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  • 22abominable — {{#}}{{LM A00152}}{{〓}} {{SynA00156}} {{[}}abominable{{]}} ‹a·bo·mi·na·ble› {{《}}▍ adj.inv.{{》}} Que produce horror o que es digno de ser abominado: • De niños, nos asustaba la historia del ‘Abominable Hombre de las Nieves’.{{○}} {{#}}{{LM… …

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  • 23abominable — adjective Date: 14th century 1. worthy of or causing disgust or hatred ; detestable < the abominable treatment of the poor > 2. quite disagreeable or unpleasant < abominable weather > • abominably …

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  • 24abominable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. detestable. See hate, uncleanness. Ant., likable. Abominable Snowman II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. offensive, odious, loathsome, nauseating; see offensive 2 . See Synonym Study at offensive . III&#8230; …

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  • 25abominable — a•bom•i•na•ble [[t]əˈbɒm ə nə bəl[/t]] adj. 1) repugnantly hateful; detestable; loathsome 2) very unpleasant; disagreeable: abominable weather[/ex] 3) very bad; poor in quality; inferior: abominable taste in clothes[/ex] • Etymology: 1325–75; ME&#8230; …

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  • 26abominable — adj. 1 detestable; loathsome; morally reprehensible. 2 colloq. very bad or unpleasant (abominable weather). Phrases and idioms: Abominable Snowman an unidentified manlike or bearlike animal said to exist in the Himalayas; a yeti. Derivatives:&#8230; …

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  • 27abominable — a|bom|i|na|ble [əˈbɔmınəbəl, mənə US əˈba: ] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin abominabilis, from abominari to treat as a bad omen, abominate , from ab away + omen ( OMEN)] extremely unpleasant or of very bad quality = ↑terrible ▪ …

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  • 28abominable — [14] The Latin original of this word meant ‘shun as an evil omen’. The prefix ab ‘away’ was added to ōmen (source of English omen) to produce the verb abōminārī. From this was created the adjective abōminābilis, which reached English via Old&#8230; …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 29abominable — adjective Caligula was among the most abominable figures in history Syn: loathsome, detestable, hateful, odious, obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, damnable, diabolical; disgusting, revolting, repellent, repulsive, offensive, repugnant,&#8230; …

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  • 30abominable — a, abouminable, o adj. abominable. voir odiós, orrible …

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