as in disgusting
causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment
your table manners are abominable!
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Recent Examples of abominable
By declaring motive irrelevant in assessing presidential liability for a crime, the majority invited questions about whether all kinds of abominable violations are now fair game.
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Editorial Board, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
Israel conducted a daring rescue of four hostages who had been held for eight months in abominable conditions.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 19 June 2024
Gizelle takes an opportunity during dinner to speak on her daughter graduating and her anxieties around sending Grace off to college at FAMU considering the generally abominable sociopolitical climate in Florida.
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2024
The Bucks were abominable on defense, and Griffin reportedly lost his locker room.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2024
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Editorial Board, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
Israel conducted a daring rescue of four hostages who had been held for eight months in abominable conditions.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 19 June 2024
Gizelle takes an opportunity during dinner to speak on her daughter graduating and her anxieties around sending Grace off to college at FAMU considering the generally abominable sociopolitical climate in Florida.
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2024
The Bucks were abominable on defense, and Griffin reportedly lost his locker room.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abominable
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That ends up dislodging the disgusting foreign item in Larry's throat.Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
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Leigh goes for the gags in this one, from Broadbent’s workplace pratfall to friend of the family Aubrey’s (Timothy Spall) disgusting new restaurant.Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
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As a unit, the Bengals defense has been awful, only scoring four PPG, which is the 4th least in the NFL.Steve Bradshaw, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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But even if the company succeeds, internet users have a way of pushing the boundaries of new tools like this until every possible awful output has been demonstrated.Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
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Although there is high demand among students for internships and other work opportunities, our education-employer ecosystem is doing a horrible job delivering them.Brandon Busteed, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Everyone is forgetting conveniently about October 7, but that was a horrible day for the world, not for Israel, for the world.TIME Staff, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
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For many people, finding the perfect ugly Christmas sweater is an annual tradition.Shea Simmons, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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In a Hungarian cartoon from around 1951, Churchill is seen as an ugly villain, ready to set households and factories on fire.Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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No abstract theory regardless of how sincerely held should impede or distract from that hideous, concrete real-world reality.Caroline Frost, Deadline, 24 Nov. 2024
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The Menendez trials — the first of the two ended in a mistrial due to a hung jury — became such a sensation in part because of the hideous nature of the crime, but also because of who Lyle and Erik were.Jen Chaney, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
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Reviews of the film at the time tended to single out the career-best performance of Jason Patric, primarily because, as the aggro, rape-minded workout buddy to Eckhart’s weak-spined Barry, Patric’s is the showiest and most sickening role.Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
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The yearling scrambled back up its tree, then let go and fell, landing with a sickening thud.Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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Blink Twice nods at a tangle of different contemporary ailments: lifestyle fetishism, wellness hedonism, our obscene fealty to stolid tech bros and their untrammeled wealth.Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
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Many are short baby names—partly because Australia prohibits long names, obscene words, and names with symbols or too many hyphens.1 Here are some of our favorite boys' names from the land down under.Sherri Gordon, Parents, 2 Dec. 2024
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Zoom out: Local sports fans are ready to put this dreadful year behind them.Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
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That was one of the lone bright spots in an otherwise dreadful day offensively.Daniel Popper, The Athletic, 2 Dec. 2024
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