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Word: Abominable
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
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
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈbɒm(ɪ)nəbl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
causing moral revulsion
Short Definition:causing moral revulsion
Examples:- the uprising was suppressed with abominable cruelty
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