abominableadj.n.adv.

Brit.

/əˈbɒm(ᵻ)nəbl/, U.S.

/əˈbɑm(ə)nəb(ə)l/

Forms: Middle English abhominabe (transmission error), Middle English abhominabil, Middle English abhominabyl, Middle English abhominabyll, Middle English abhomynabel, Middle English abhomynabill, Middle English abhomynable, Middle English abhomynabyl, Middle English abominabill, Middle English abominabull, Middle English habomynable, Middle English obhominabelle, Middle English–1500s abhominabile, Middle English–1500s abomynable, Middle English–1600s abhominable, Middle English– abominable; Scottish pre-1700 abhomenabil, pre-1700 abhominabil, pre-1700 abhominabile, pre-1700 abhominabill, pre-1700 abhominable, pre-1700 abhominabyll, pre-1700 abhomynabile, pre-1700 abhomynabill, pre-1700 abhomynable, pre-1700 abomenabil, pre-1700 abominabill, pre-1700 abominabyll, pre-1700 1700s– abominable.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French abominable.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French abominable, abhominable (adjective) repellent, loathsome (1120 in Old French), revolting or nauseating, terrible (both 1393), (noun) person who commits abominations (1560; French abominable ) < post-classical Latin abominabilis deserving imprecation or abhorrence (Vulgate; also occasionally as abhominabilis ) < classical Latin abōminārī abominate v. + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare Old Occitan abhominable (c1350), Catalan abominable (15th cent.), Spanish abominable (c1300), Portuguese abominável (15th cent.), Italian abominevole, abbominevole (a1292).Forms with medial -h- in post-classical Latin, Middle French, and English arose by a folk etymology < classical Latin ab homine away from man, inhuman, a derivation which has also influenced the semantic development of the word in English and French. Forms with -h- were common in English until the 17th cent., when they began to be criticized by orthographers; compare: 1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xxv. 170 Abominable. Of omen without h.Compare also quot. 1598 at sense A. 1a.

A. adj.

1. That excites moral or physical revulsion or disgust; offensive, reprehensible; loathsome, odious, detestable.

a. Of a thing.

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1340 Ayenbite (1866) 49 (MED) Þe ilke zenne..ne byeþ naȝt to nemni, uor þe materie þet is to moche abomynable.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Macc. i. 57 Kyng Antiochus beeldide the abominable [a1425 L.V. abhominable; L. abominandum] ydol of desolacioun or discomfort on the auter of God.

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) §48 No thyng is to hym [sc. a child] moore abhomynable [c1475 Trin. Oxf. to hym abhominabler] than thilke mylk..medled w^t oother mete.

?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 67 The abhomynable synne of sodomye.

c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn 2776 (MED) They make semen..Abominabill wormys.

a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 194 (MED) Cast vp þys frogge lappyd yn glute and fulthe, and abominabull forto loke on.

1535 Bp. J. Fisher Wks. (1876) 373 Askyng of him mercy for your abhominable offences.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. i. 24 Neighbour vocatur nebour; neigh abreuiated ne: this is abhominable, which he would call abbominable.

1611 Bible (King James) Lev. vii. 21 Any vncleane beast, or any abominable vncleane thing.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 292 From their abhominable and beastly touches.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 465 This infernal Pit Abominable, accurst, the house of woe.

1726 J. Barker Lining of Patch-work Screen 86 The wicked way in which these vile Wretches liv'd, cheating, stealing, lying, and all sorts of Roguery, was abominable to her vertuous Mind.

1756 E. Burke Vindic. Nat. Society 99 Shall we pass by this monstrous Heap of absurd Notions, and abominable Practices?

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxv. 218 Night and noon and morning she brought the abominable drinks ordained by the Doctor.

1876 H. N. Humphreys Coin Coll. Man. xxiv. 337 The abominable profligacy of her character did not prevent a servile senate from conferring divine honours upon her.

1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xcvi. 510 To Philip her smile was an abominable leer.

1948 A. C. Kinsey et al. Sexual Behavior Human Male viii. 264 Perversions are defined as unnatural acts, acts contrary to nature, bestial, abominable, and detestable.

2003 Irish Times (Nexis) 5 Nov. 17 This was a uniquely abominable crime, abominable in its intent, abominable in its planning, abominable in its outcome, in all its squalid detail.

b. Of a person.

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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Titus i. 16 Thei ben abomynable [a1425 L.V. abhominable; L. abominati] and vnbyleveful, and reprouable to al good werk.

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 239 A Ianglere is to god abhomynable.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Num. xxiii. 8 Bi what resoun schal Y haue abhomynable whom God hath not abhomynable?

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 55 (MED) Are þei not..werr and abhominabler þan carnal sodomits?

c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 702 (MED) Brokers, abhomynable swerers, Dryuylles, dastardes.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Wisd. xiv. 9 For the vngodly & his vngodlynes are both like abhominable vnto God.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. ii. 158 The poore Monster's in drinke: An abhominable Monster.

1619 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus (new ed.) i. 16. 324 The miserable condition of the hypocrite; Hee is an abhominable person.

1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. xxviii. 70 A young woman the Wife of an abominable Taylor.

1705 N. Rowe Biter ii. i Such a scurvy, abominable..oddish..kind of a Husband.

1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 222 Then it occour'd to me what an abominable Creature am I! and how is this innocent Gentleman going to be abus'd by me!

1845 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 57 638 This dispiteous and abominable tyrant.

1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion i. iv. 36 Distinct, abominable, I see ourselves before the Titans were.

1904 J. Conrad Nostromo iii. x. 414 The abominable Pedrito, sir, fled the country.

1975 Amer. Hist. Rev. 80 1001/2 There has been an avalanche of books on Hitler in the last year or two; but rather than help our understanding of that abominable man, most of them have beclouded rather than clarified his image.

2000 Irish Times (Nexis) 15 July 15 People are fascinated by the notion of a truly abominable person, who is corrupt and dishonest and ruthless.

2. In weakened sense: very unpleasant or distasteful; dreadful, terrible.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > very great or extreme > specifically of something bad or reprobated

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1612 S. Rowlands More Knaues Yet A iv Great large abhominable breech Like Brewers Hop~sackes.

1638 T. Heywood Wise Woman i. i. sig. A3^v Let's leave this abominable Game, and find out some better Exercise. I cannot indure this when men loose.

1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar Ded. sig. A3 I am much deceiv'd if this be not abominable fustian, that is, thoughts and words ill sorted, and without the least relation to each other.

1714 C. Johnson Country Lasses ii. ii This fellow ruffles me so..with his most abominable circumbendibus phrases.

1813 Q. Rev. July 433 The style [of M^cCrie's Knox] is..free from all modern affectation, excepting the abominable verb ‘narrate’.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §27. 218 The rain was pitiless and the road abominable.

1873 W. Black Princess of Thule iii. 44 Sheila had nothing to do with the introduction of this abominable decoration.

1910 E. M. Forster Howards End viii. 67 What he enjoys most is a motor tour in England, and I think that would have carried the day if the weather had not been so abominable.

1943 J. Agate Diary 17 Feb. in Selective Ego (1976) 165 Her abominable French set the audience on a roar.

1992 R. MacNeil Burden of Desire i. 6 The great ships that made the British Empire were abominable sailers: sluggish, difficult to maneuver, incapable of sailing close to the wind.

B. n.

†1. humorous. an abominable of monks: a crowd of monks. Cf. abomination n. 5. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a company or body of persons > [noun]

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a1450 Terms Assoc. in PMLA (1936) 51 604 (MED) A obhominabelle [some MSS insert: sight] of monkes.

2. An abominable person or thing; an abomination.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [noun]

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a1687 R. McWard Επαγωνισμοι (1723) 338 When the declared Head of this Conspiracy..is..with his idolatrous Crew, received and welcomed, in a Land, engaged solemnly to God, never to suffer such Abominables, or Abominations to be amongst them?

1736 J. A. Purves Law-visions 226 Sk. Would you have me leave my Client open to the Attacks of his Enemy? Tru. O, by no means! that were abominable of all Abominables!

1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. 250 Endeavouring with a brush to coax up dust, cinders, and other abominables.

1915 G. Boothby Let. 21 Dec. in Independent (Nexis) (2005) 10 Nov. 19 The abominables dropped six [shells] in the road in front of me. I was off the mark in fine style..and got through the worst of it safely.

2000 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 15 Jan. I'm not saying other countries don't have their abominables.

†C. adv.

So as to excite disgust or loathing; (in weakened sense) terribly, awfully. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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a1550 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) l. 2107 (MED) Many thinges be of good smell whiche to taste be founde full ill, ffour they may be abhominable soure.

1612 N. Field Woman a Weather-cocke iii. iii. 58 The whore does love you abominable.

1658 J. Jones tr. Ovid Invective against Ibis 55 When bloud toucheth bloud in this kind, it is abominable out of kind.

1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. Sept. (1965) I. 439 Their Music at the Opera..was abominable grateing.

1763 F. Brooke Hist. Lady Julia Mandeville I. 43 Mademoiselle la Fille, who is little, lean, brown, with small pert black eyes, quickened by a large quantity of abominable bad rouge.

1844 Family of Seisers I. ix. 58/1 You don't know how abominable hard it is to keep a decent appearance.

1856 J. B. Jones Wild Western Scenes 2nd Ser. xiii. 170 He don't know ye when ye're disguised with sich abominable bad liquor.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	abominable
释义	abominableadj.n.adv. Brit. /əˈbɒm(ᵻ)nəbl/, U.S. /əˈbɑm(ə)nəb(ə)l/ Forms: Middle English abhominabe (transmission error), Middle English abhominabil, Middle English abhominabyl, Middle English abhominabyll, Middle English abhomynabel, Middle English abhomynabill, Middle English abhomynable, Middle English abhomynabyl, Middle English abominabill, Middle English abominabull, Middle English habomynable, Middle English obhominabelle, Middle English–1500s abhominabile, Middle English–1500s abomynable, Middle English–1600s abhominable, Middle English– abominable; Scottish pre-1700 abhomenabil, pre-1700 abhominabil, pre-1700 abhominabile, pre-1700 abhominabill, pre-1700 abhominable, pre-1700 abhominabyll, pre-1700 abhomynabile, pre-1700 abhomynabill, pre-1700 abhomynable, pre-1700 abomenabil, pre-1700 abominabill, pre-1700 abominabyll, pre-1700 1700s– abominable. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French abominable. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French abominable, abhominable (adjective) repellent, loathsome (1120 in Old French), revolting or nauseating, terrible (both 1393), (noun) person who commits abominations (1560; French abominable ) < post-classical Latin abominabilis deserving imprecation or abhorrence (Vulgate; also occasionally as abhominabilis ) < classical Latin abōminārī abominate v. + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare Old Occitan abhominable (c1350), Catalan abominable (15th cent.), Spanish abominable (c1300), Portuguese abominável (15th cent.), Italian abominevole, abbominevole (a1292).Forms with medial -h- in post-classical Latin, Middle French, and English arose by a folk etymology < classical Latin ab homine away from man, inhuman, a derivation which has also influenced the semantic development of the word in English and French. Forms with -h- were common in English until the 17th cent., when they began to be criticized by orthographers; compare: 1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xxv. 170 Abominable. Of omen without h.Compare also quot. 1598 at sense A. 1a. A. adj. 1. That excites moral or physical revulsion or disgust; offensive, reprehensible; loathsome, odious, detestable. a. Of a thing. 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(Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Macc. i. 57 Kyng Antiochus beeldide the abominable [a1425 L.V. abhominable; L. abominandum] ydol of desolacioun or discomfort on the auter of God. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) §48 No thyng is to hym [sc. a child] moore abhomynable [c1475 Trin. Oxf. to hym abhominabler] than thilke mylk..medled w^t oother mete. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 67 The abhomynable synne of sodomye. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn 2776 (MED) They make semen..Abominabill wormys. a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 194 (MED) Cast vp þys frogge lappyd yn glute and fulthe, and abominabull forto loke on. 1535 Bp. J. Fisher Wks. (1876) 373 Askyng of him mercy for your abhominable offences. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. i. 24 Neighbour vocatur nebour; neigh abreuiated ne: this is abhominable, which he would call abbominable. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Lev. vii. 21 Any vncleane beast, or any abominable vncleane thing. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 292 From their abhominable and beastly touches. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 465 This infernal Pit Abominable, accurst, the house of woe. View more context for this quotation 1726 J. Barker Lining of Patch-work Screen 86 The wicked way in which these vile Wretches liv'd, cheating, stealing, lying, and all sorts of Roguery, was abominable to her vertuous Mind. 1756 E. Burke Vindic. Nat. Society 99 Shall we pass by this monstrous Heap of absurd Notions, and abominable Practices? 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxv. 218 Night and noon and morning she brought the abominable drinks ordained by the Doctor. 1876 H. N. Humphreys Coin Coll. Man. xxiv. 337 The abominable profligacy of her character did not prevent a servile senate from conferring divine honours upon her. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xcvi. 510 To Philip her smile was an abominable leer. 1948 A. C. Kinsey et al. Sexual Behavior Human Male viii. 264 Perversions are defined as unnatural acts, acts contrary to nature, bestial, abominable, and detestable. 2003 Irish Times (Nexis) 5 Nov. 17 This was a uniquely abominable crime, abominable in its intent, abominable in its planning, abominable in its outcome, in all its squalid detail. b. Of a person. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [adjective] loatha700 eileOE andsetec1000 wlatfulc1230 aloathedc1275 wlatsomea1300 unhonest13.. wlata1325 hideousc1330 abominable1340 hatefula1382 hatesomea1382 abominablec1384 odiousa1387 fulsomec1390 accursedc1400 hatousc1400 rankc1400 hateablec1425 odiblec1425 ugsomec1425 wretchedc1430 loathsomec1440 loathfula1450 noisomea1450 abhominal1477 detestable1477 loathy1481 loathing?a1513 oppugnanta1513 irksome1513 hateworthy1548 abhorful1565 ugged1570 detestine1575 ulcerous1577 opposite1578 scandalous1592 offensive1594 obscene1597 ulcered1602 dirtya1616 abhorrent1628 toady1628 envious1630 repugnant1633 nauseating1645 nauseous1646 obnoxious1646 detestful1654 reluctant1663 horrid1666 abnoxious1682 devilish1692 invidious1710 repellent1776 repellant1780 sickening1789 toadish1822 carrion1826 ugging1839 cussed1853 repugnant1879 jerky1944 vomitous1952 barfy1957 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Titus i. 16 Thei ben abomynable [a1425 L.V. abhominable; L. abominati] and vnbyleveful, and reprouable to al good werk. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 239 A Ianglere is to god abhomynable. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Num. xxiii. 8 Bi what resoun schal Y haue abhomynable whom God hath not abhomynable? c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 55 (MED) Are þei not..werr and abhominabler þan carnal sodomits? c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 702 (MED) Brokers, abhomynable swerers, Dryuylles, dastardes. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Wisd. xiv. 9 For the vngodly & his vngodlynes are both like abhominable vnto God. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. ii. 158 The poore Monster's in drinke: An abhominable Monster. View more context for this quotation 1619 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus (new ed.) i. 16. 324 The miserable condition of the hypocrite; Hee is an abhominable person. 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. xxviii. 70 A young woman the Wife of an abominable Taylor. 1705 N. Rowe Biter ii. i Such a scurvy, abominable..oddish..kind of a Husband. 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 222 Then it occour'd to me what an abominable Creature am I! and how is this innocent Gentleman going to be abus'd by me! 1845 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 57 638 This dispiteous and abominable tyrant. 1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion i. iv. 36 Distinct, abominable, I see ourselves before the Titans were. 1904 J. Conrad Nostromo iii. x. 414 The abominable Pedrito, sir, fled the country. 1975 Amer. Hist. Rev. 80 1001/2 There has been an avalanche of books on Hitler in the last year or two; but rather than help our understanding of that abominable man, most of them have beclouded rather than clarified his image. 2000 Irish Times (Nexis) 15 July 15 People are fascinated by the notion of a truly abominable person, who is corrupt and dishonest and ruthless. 2. In weakened sense: very unpleasant or distasteful; dreadful, terrible. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > very great or extreme > specifically of something bad or reprobated woefula1400 mortalc1425 preciousc1475 fine1559 trim1569 gay1581 unconscionable1590 pocky1601 abominable1612 fearful1634 handsome1638 plaguey1694 dreadful1700 awfy1724 murrain1728 diabolical1750 deuced1782 dire1836 sinful1863 sodding1881 blooming1882 flaming1895 ruddy1896 abysmal1904 awful1916 hellishing1927 right1958 steaming1962 schwag1993 1612 S. Rowlands More Knaues Yet A iv Great large abhominable breech Like Brewers Hop~sackes. 1638 T. Heywood Wise Woman i. i. sig. A3^v Let's leave this abominable Game, and find out some better Exercise. I cannot indure this when men loose. 1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar Ded. sig. A3 I am much deceiv'd if this be not abominable fustian, that is, thoughts and words ill sorted, and without the least relation to each other. 1714 C. Johnson Country Lasses ii. ii This fellow ruffles me so..with his most abominable circumbendibus phrases. 1813 Q. Rev. July 433 The style [of M^cCrie's Knox] is..free from all modern affectation, excepting the abominable verb ‘narrate’. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §27. 218 The rain was pitiless and the road abominable. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule iii. 44 Sheila had nothing to do with the introduction of this abominable decoration. 1910 E. M. Forster Howards End viii. 67 What he enjoys most is a motor tour in England, and I think that would have carried the day if the weather had not been so abominable. 1943 J. Agate Diary 17 Feb. in Selective Ego (1976) 165 Her abominable French set the audience on a roar. 1992 R. MacNeil Burden of Desire i. 6 The great ships that made the British Empire were abominable sailers: sluggish, difficult to maneuver, incapable of sailing close to the wind. B. n. †1. humorous. an abominable of monks: a crowd of monks. Cf. abomination n. 5. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a company or body of persons > [noun] ferec975 flockOE gingc1175 rout?c1225 companyc1300 fellowshipc1300 covinc1330 eschelec1330 tripc1330 fellowred1340 choira1382 head1381 glub1382 partya1387 peoplec1390 conventc1426 an abominable of monksa1450 body1453 carol1483 band1490 compernagea1500 consorce1512 congregationa1530 corporationa1535 corpse1534 chore1572 society1572 crew1578 string1579 consort1584 troop1584 tribe1609 squadron1617 bunch1622 core1622 lag1624 studa1625 brigadea1649 platoon1711 cohort1719 lot1725 corps1754 loo1764 squad1786 brotherhood1820 companionhood1825 troupe1825 crowd1840 companionship1842 group1845 that ilk1845 set-out1854 layout1869 confraternity1872 show1901 crush1904 we1927 familia1933 shower1936 a1450 Terms Assoc. in PMLA (1936) 51 604 (MED) A obhominabelle [some MSS insert: sight] of monkes. 2. An abominable person or thing; an abomination. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [noun] horribility13.. abominationc1384 Satan?a1513 abhorring1550 ugliness1587 vomit1612 loathing-stock1622 abhorrency1645 abhorrence1650 nausea1654 odium1681 abominablea1687 horrible1726 detestation1728 poison1875 a1687 R. McWard Επαγωνισμοι (1723) 338 When the declared Head of this Conspiracy..is..with his idolatrous Crew, received and welcomed, in a Land, engaged solemnly to God, never to suffer such Abominables, or Abominations to be amongst them? 1736 J. A. Purves Law-visions 226 Sk. Would you have me leave my Client open to the Attacks of his Enemy? Tru. O, by no means! that were abominable of all Abominables! 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. 250 Endeavouring with a brush to coax up dust, cinders, and other abominables. 1915 G. Boothby Let. 21 Dec. in Independent (Nexis) (2005) 10 Nov. 19 The abominables dropped six [shells] in the road in front of me. I was off the mark in fine style..and got through the worst of it safely. 2000 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 15 Jan. I'm not saying other countries don't have their abominables. †C. adv. So as to excite disgust or loathing; (in weakened sense) terribly, awfully. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > specifically of something bad sorea1300 grievously1340 terrible1490 beastly?1518 shrewdlyc1533 arrantly?1548 murrainly?1548 abominablea1550 pestilence1567 pestilently1567 cursedly1570 pestiferously1570 murrain1575 plaguey1584 plaguilya1586 grievous1598 scandalously1602 horridly1603 terribly1604 monstrously1611 hellish1614 dreadfullya1616 horrid1615 pestilenta1616 infernally1638 preposterously1661 woeful1684 confoundedly1694 confounded1709 glaringly1709 cursed1719 flagrantly1756 weary1790 disgustingly1804 filthy1827 blamed1833 peskily1833 pesky1833 blame1843 blasted1854 wickedly1858 blatantly1878 shamelessly1885 disgracefully1893 ruddy1913 bastarda1935 pissing1951 sodding1954 pissingly1971 a1550 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) l. 2107 (MED) Many thinges be of good smell whiche to taste be founde full ill, ffour they may be abhominable soure. 1612 N. Field Woman a Weather-cocke iii. iii. 58 The whore does love you abominable. 1658 J. Jones tr. Ovid Invective against Ibis 55 When bloud toucheth bloud in this kind, it is abominable out of kind. 1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. Sept. (1965) I. 439 Their Music at the Opera..was abominable grateing. 1763 F. Brooke Hist. Lady Julia Mandeville I. 43 Mademoiselle la Fille, who is little, lean, brown, with small pert black eyes, quickened by a large quantity of abominable bad rouge. 1844 Family of Seisers I. ix. 58/1 You don't know how abominable hard it is to keep a decent appearance. 1856 J. B. Jones Wild Western Scenes 2nd Ser. xiii. 170 He don't know ye when ye're disguised with sich abominable bad liquor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.adv.1340
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