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abominous

abominous adjective: abominable, detestable, execrable.

Adjective

abominous (comparative more abominous, superlative most abominous)

  1. Abominable, detestable, execrable.
    • Yet here's not all, I cannot halfe untruſs Et Caetera, it's so abominous1647, 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 crimes2014, Tõnu Puu, Arts, Sciences, and Economics: A Historical Safari

Forms of abominous

comparativemore abominous
superlativemost abominous

Origin of abominous

From Latin abominosus.

Questions about abominous

What does abominous mean?
Abominous means abominable, detestable, execrable.
What part of speech is abominous?
Abominous is an adjective.

Words near abominous in the dictionary

  1. abominators
  2. abomine
  3. abomined
  4. abomines
  5. abomining
  6. abominous
  7. Abon
  8. Abonce
  9. Abonces
  10. abondance
  11. abondances

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