abominable

Word family

a·bom·i·na·ble /əˈbɒmɪnəbəl, -mənə- $ əˈbɑː-/ adjectiveadj

UNPLEASANTextremely unpleasant or of very bad quality 极令人讨厌的，可恶的；极差的 SYN terrible

abominable cruelty

令人发指的暴行

—abominably adverbadv

Mavis behaved abominably.

梅维斯表现太差了。

Examples from the Corpus

abominable• Here was a man, held in high esteem by outsiders, yet his behaviour inside the home was abominable.• How could the kind, divinely blessed, allow this abominable act?• an abominable crime• Whatever happened, she wouldn't let her determination waver over the rejection of the abominable Draper.• The facts were too bad, too bald, abominable, pitiful.• That was the last abominable shot I hit that day.• He found it hard to describe to me the abominable way in which he was treated in a prisoner of war camp.

Origin abominable