adj. 1. Unequivocally detestable; loathsome: abominable treatment of prisoners. 2. Thoroughly unpleasant or disagreeable: abominable weather. [Middle English abhominable, from Old French, from Latin abōminābilis, from abōminārī, to abhor; see ABOMINATE.] a·bomi·na·bly adv. |
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