abhominable

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/əbˈhɒmɪnəbəl//əˈbɒmɪnəbəl/

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

OriginLatin ab →
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Meanings

adjectiveabhominable (comparative more abhominable, superlative most abhominable)

comparative more abhominable · superlative most abhominable

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of abominable.

    This is abhominable, which he [Don Armado] would call abominable.

    1597, Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, act 5, scene I
    1 more example

    [...] your Lordship [is] twice guilty of treachery both in withholding the dominion of Narnia from the said Caspian and in the most abhominable, —don’t forget to spell it with an H, Doctor— bloody, and unnatural murder of your kindly lord and brother King Caspian Ninth of that name.

    1951, C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian, chapter XIII

Origin

  1. Latinab
  2. Englishabhominable

First attested in the 1300s, a variant of abominable, influenced by Latin ab + homine (“man”); compare abhominal. The unnecessary addition of h to words was once common; compare abholish (abolish). Abandoned by the 1600s. Compare also abhomination.

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APA

abhominable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abhominable

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Chicago

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