Hypertext Webster Gateway: "abominable"
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) 1.7 (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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