How to Use abominable in a Sentence

abominable

adjective
Definition of abominablenext
Synonyms for abominablenext
  • It was an abominable crime.
  • The philosopher’s anti-Semitism, however abominable, shouldn’t stand in the way.
    — Christian Madsbjerg, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2015
  • Their record over the last two years is an abominable 1-31.
    — New York Times, 3 Feb. 2018
  • The way the United States has treated Iran over the past three years is an abominable war crime.
    — Ryan Cooper, TheWeek, 27 Mar. 2020
  • The main entree, seared white fish, was a salve to the abominable second course, but only just.
    — Joseph Hernandez, chicagotribune.com, 30 Jan. 2018
  • With a better hire five years ago, KU would be closer to bad than abominable.
    — Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 12 Sep. 2017
  • It’s not the first time the architecture of the place — and Heatherwick’s abominable Vessel — have been cast in this role.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2021
  • In an abominable twist, the Yeti, who seemed in it to win it, was eliminated in the semi-finals.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2021
  • And yet, puddles of the abominable liquid continued to appear in the centre of the room, day after day!
    — Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2021
  • What makes the Emily in Paris example so abominable is the show soon switches to the better approach.
    — Zak Jason, Wired, 16 Feb. 2021
  • An ethical case can be made for dropping an abominable turd in of their Type-A track, just for humbling.
    — Sundog, Outside Online, 3 Apr. 2021
  • In the eyes of hip-hop purists, his remarks against the venerated MC was damning and downright abominable.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 22 May 2018
  • The class differences are abominable in this haven: The rich and privileged living in comfort in first-class cars while the poor and desperate are crammed in the train’s cramped tail.
    — Jeanne Jakle, ExpressNews.com, 24 Apr. 2020
  • Fury is 7-0 with 4 KOs, but it must be noted that Fury has faced abominable opposition.
    — Anthony Stitt, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Qatar is the number-one producer of CO2 per capita, and the country's civil rights record is about as abominable as, well, most of their neighbors.
    — Robert Bateman, Esquire, 16 June 2017
  • The fact that these horrific shootings continue to take place is abominable.
    — CBS News, 3 July 2023
  • Any deal that was achievable would have been an immoral maintenance of an abominable status quo.
    — Daniel Politi, Slate Magazine, 3 May 2017
  • But white Americans are still being killed by police at an abominable rate.
    — Ryan Cooper, TheWeek, 9 June 2020
  • By uncovering the origins of flowers, Friis has helped to solve the abominable mystery and reveal the dawning of the modern world.
    — Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2023
  • And a tragic comment on the four hundredth anniversary of the most abominable practice in our democracy.
    — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 31 July 2019
  • The video shows how the pilot program works: With a pet yeti — a Tibetan term for an abominable snowman — your valuables are always protected.
    — Max Londberg, kansascity.com, 22 June 2017
  • Despite the movie’s title, Everest is anything but abominable.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 25 Sep. 2019
  • The acting in Forbidden West ranges from impressive to abominable.
    — Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2022
  • The idea of precious dollars going to fund athletics is abominable, critics say.
    — Daniel Cancel, Bloomberg.com, 1 Sep. 2017
  • The governor and the Legislature need to take action on PG&E’s abominable safety record.
    — Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, The Mercury News, 19 June 2019
  • The cinematic worlds of Gaspar Noé are bursting with people who, in the pursuit of ecstatic highs, sink to abominable lows.
    — Washington Post, 5 May 2022
  • Of course, my mom didn’t know her bookish but fast-talking elder son was in some abominable alleyway trying to score perico.
    — Barry Michael Cooper, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2017
  • What was once so abominable flowing from one direction was now justified in flowing from the other.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 June 2022
  • Much of America's Black history has been covered up to make slavery seem less abominable.
    — Dahleen Glanton, Star Tribune, 18 June 2021
  • His was an age in which the prospect of Earth bereft of human occupancy was too abominable, too sacrilegious, to contemplate.
    — Rebecca Giggs, The New York Review of Books, 30 Nov. 2023

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