abominous

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adjective

Abominable, detestable, execrable.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveabominous (comparative more abominous, superlative most abominous)

comparative more abominous · superlative most abominous

  1. Abominable, detestable, execrable.

    Yusuke: You're done for, along with this abominous world!

    2016 September 15, P-Studio, Persona5, v1.0, Atlus, PlayStation 4, scene: Yusuke Kitegawa, after Madarame's defeat, level/area: Madarame's Palace, Central Garden
    2 more examples

    Yet here's not all, I cannot halfe untruſs Et Caetera, it's so abominous

    1647, John Cleaveland, The Character of a London-Diurnall

    Under the influence of heavy drugs and suggestive psychotherapy, people could recall repressed memories and confess abominous crimes

    2014, Tõnu Puu, Arts, Sciences, and Economics: A Historical Safari

Origin

  1. Latinabominosus
  2. Englishabominous

From Latin abominosus.

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Chicago

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