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Definition of abominable
1 formal : worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable the abominable treatment of the poor an abominable crime
2 : very bad or unpleasant abominable weather
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Examples of abominable in a Sentence
It was an abominable crime.
your table manners are abominable!
Recent Examples of abominable from the Web
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The video shows how the pilot program works: With a pet yeti — a Tibetan term for an abominable snowman — your valuables are always protected.
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With both sides convinced that the very future of the republic, nay, the human race, was at stake, otherwise decent people excused and even engaged in abominable behavior.
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Qatar is the number-one producer of CO2 per capita, and the country's civil rights record is about as abominable as, well, most of their neighbors.
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The old abominable snowman from the Matterhorn Bobsled roller coaster makes an appearance in a clever nod to Disney history.
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Here in the heartland of Twin Peaks Nation, this abominable man in black sows and reaps a pulpy-corny crop of pain and sorrow, mostly by manipulating and murdering women.
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Unless your day includes a first date, a gyno appointment, or a pedicure, your body will closely resemble the Abominable Snowman.
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Getty President Donald Trump marked his first 100 days in office over the weekend by doing something abominable: inviting a ruthless authoritarian to visit the White House.
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Yeti Tundra 45-Quart Cooler WIRED Abominable snow-cooler took a primal beating but kept our food secure.
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ABOMINABLE Defined for Kids
abominable
playDefinition of abominable for Students
1 : deserving or causing disgust abominable treatment of animals
2 : very disagreeable or unpleasant an abominable odor
abominably
\-blē\ adverbLearn More about abominable
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