abominous

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin abominosus

Adjective

abominous (comparative more abominous, superlative most abominous)

1. Abominable, detestable, execrable.
   • 1647, John Cleaveland, The Character of a London-Diurnall‎^[1]:

     Yet here's not all, I cannot halfe untruſs Et Caetera, it's so abominous

   • 2014, Tõnu Puu, Arts, Sciences, and Economics: A Historical Safari‎^[2]:

     Under the influence of heavy drugs and suggestive psychotherapy, people could recall repressed memories and confess abominous crimes