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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Abominable \A*bom"i*na*ble\, a. [F. abominable. L. abominalis See {Abominate}.] 1. Worthy of or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable. 2. Excessive; large -- used as an intensive. [Obs.] Note: Juliana Berners . . . informs us that in her time [15th c.], ``abomynable syght of monkes'' was elegant English for ``a large company of friars.'' --G. P. Marsh. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: abominable adj 1: unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke [syn: {detestable}, {execrable}, {odious}] 2: exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" [syn: {atrocious}, {awful}, {dreadful}, {painful}, {terrible}, {unspeakable}]
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