abominable
adjective
[ əˈbɒm(ə)nəb(ə)l ]
• causing moral revulsion.
• "the uprising was suppressed with abominable cruelty"
Similar:
loathsome,
detestable,
hateful,
odious,
obnoxious,
despicable,
contemptible,
damnable,
cursed,
accursed,
diabolical,
disgusting,
revolting,
repellent,
repulsive,
offensive,
repugnant,
abhorrent,
reprehensible,
atrocious,
horrifying,
execrable,
foul,
vile,
wretched,
base,
miserable,
horrible,
awful,
dreadful,
appalling,
abysmal,
brutal,
nauseating,
horrid,
nasty,
disagreeable,
unpleasant,
distasteful,
terrible,
shocking,
godawful,
beastly,
chronic,
Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin abominabilis, from abominari (see abominate). The term was once widely believed to be from ab- ‘away from’ + Latin homine (from homo ‘human being’), thus ‘inhuman, beastly’, and frequently spelled abhominable until the 17th century.
