Abominable Word Meaning

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

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Definition:

causing moral revulsion

Short Definition:

causing moral revulsion

Examples:

• the uprising was suppressed with abominable cruelty