Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: abominable
IPA transcription: [əb'ɑmənəbəl]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: abominable, detestable, execrable, odious
    Meaning: unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke
Usage examples
  • "It is abominable!
  • He is the most abominable rascal that ever I met in my life.
  • 'Thou hast wronged me, O far-darter, most abominable of deities.
  • "An abominable attack ... utterly unprovoked ... dastardly ruffians!"
  • I worship you!" muttered Mitya. "Yes, it's nasty here, it's abominable."
  • I think it is vile, and horrid, and abominable, and nasty, and I hate him."
  • "Your brandy," resumed the other, coming over and joining him, "is abominable.
  • "They made beneath the table A noise, a clatter of the feet that was abominable,"
  • I wish the Committee room wasn't down those abominable House of Commons corridors...."
  • You'd hate Uncle Carroll's idleness and abominable self-indulgence worse than you do."