as in disgusting
causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment
your table manners are abominable!
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Recent Examples of abominable
The victory snapped a five-game skid but more importantly put an end to an abominable 11-game Royals home losing streak all in the month of June.
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 28 June 2025
To fund Geneviève’s idea, she’s arranged for cash from an abominable source: Crispin Shamblee (Simon Callow), a fellow dance devotee with a limitless checkbook and zero morals.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Apr. 2025
The basic problem with some conservatives' embrace of this man is that Andrew Tate is an abominable human being.
—Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Essay The Agony and the Ecstasy of the West Edmonton Mall
Max Fawcett
On learning to love the abominable mix of Soviet brutalism and unrelenting American capitalism around which Edmonton revolves.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 28 June 2025
To fund Geneviève’s idea, she’s arranged for cash from an abominable source: Crispin Shamblee (Simon Callow), a fellow dance devotee with a limitless checkbook and zero morals.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Apr. 2025
The basic problem with some conservatives' embrace of this man is that Andrew Tate is an abominable human being.
—Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Essay The Agony and the Ecstasy of the West Edmonton Mall
Max Fawcett
On learning to love the abominable mix of Soviet brutalism and unrelenting American capitalism around which Edmonton revolves.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abominable
Adjective
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Kruse and her co-conspirators are now on their fourth different set of lawyers in this dispute, and this is a disgusting publicity stunt by new counsel, as evidenced by the fact that the complaint and press release were sent to the press before the complaint was served.—
Michaela Zee,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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The series sets the various human and humanoid segments of its cast on a direct course with the distinctly inhuman alien flora and fauna on the ship – there are some inventive little monsters aboard, disgusting and harrowing in their own special ways – to great effect.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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That said, the pitching is in an awful place right now, though rookie Chase Dollander’s performance Monday night at St. Louis was heartening.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
13 Aug. 2025
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This man has saved countless kids from being groomed, has raised awareness to millions about these condo games and the awful things pedophiles will do to get their hands on children, and he's comforted people literally just like me who've gone through the exact thing.—
Jill Duffy,
PC Magazine,
12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Soroka is a combined 3-18 with a 4.81 ERA the last two seasons with the White Sox and Nationals, two horrible teams.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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Xenomorphs in their various forms show up early and semi-often, along with several new beasts with their own deliciously horrible ways of killing.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Aug. 2025
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In the ugliest defeat of a season belatedly compiling them, the New York Mets blew an early 6-0 lead Wednesday to fall to the Atlanta Braves 11-6.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
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The Navy must address the ugly fact that, despite all the security America can provide, a diverse array of enemies, rivals and criminals can shut the Panama Canal down at virtually any time.—
Craig Hooper,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The last two decades spent without a Devil Wears Prada sequel started to feel a little bit like enduring a 20-year hideous skirt convention.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 July 2025
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Friday’s opening hours were hideous as the sellers from Thursday finished.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
27 July 2025
Adjective
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The brazen and aggressive manhandling of Senator Padilla by the Trump administration is a sickening disgrace.—
Emma Marsden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
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The practice is one of a sickening array of battlefield mistreatments recorded on video either by Ukrainian surveillance drones or Russian servicemen and then circulated on social media.—
Andrew Carey,
CNN Money,
28 July 2025
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To authenticate Trump's note and the obscene drawing that accompanied it, Journal reporters claim to have seen the album and talked to people knowledgeable about it.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Aug. 2025
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Guests will enjoy the experience free from disruptive behavior, foul language, obscene gestures, fighting, unruly conduct or inconsiderate actions.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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The Atlanta Braves have a lot of important choices to make at the end of their dreadful season.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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Should be a dreadful time when Wednesday season two returns on September 2.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Abominable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abominable. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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