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say it: uh-BAH-muh-nuh-buhl
abominable is an adjective meaning "unequivocally detestable". It carries 2 recorded senses.
unequivocally detestable
“abominable treatment of prisoners”
“detestable vices”
“execrable crimes”
“consequences odious to those you govern”
exceptionally bad or displeasing
“atrocious taste”
“abominable workmanship”
“an awful voice”
“dreadful manners”
“a painful performance”
“terrible handwriting”
“an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for abominable come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.