Antonyms for abominable
əˈbɒm ə nə bəlabom·inable

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1. abominable

   Every criminal act is illegal or unlawful, but illegal or unlawful acts may not be criminal. Offenses against public law are criminal; offenses against private rights are merely illegal or unlawful. As a general rule, all acts punishable by fine or imprisonment or both, are criminal in view of the law. It is illegal for a man to trespass on another's land, but it is not criminal; the trespasser is liable to a civil suit for damages, but not to indictment, fine, or imprisonment. A felonious act is a criminal act of an aggravated kind, which is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary or by death. A flagitious crime is one that brings public odium. Vicious refers to the indulgence of evil appetites, habits, or passions; vicious acts are not necessarily criminal, or even illegal; we speak of a vicious horse. That which is iniquitous, i. e., contrary to equity, may sometimes be done under the forms of law. Ingratitude is sinful, hypocrisy is wicked, but neither is punishable by human law; hence, neither is criminal or illegal. Compare SIN.

   Antonyms:
   innocent, just, lawful, legal, meritorious, moral, right, virtuous

   Synonyms:
   criminal, culpable, felonious, flagitious, guilty, illegal, immoral, iniquitous, nefarious, sinful, unlawful, vicious, vile, wicked, wrong

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1. abominable

   Antonyms:
   delectable, desirable, admirable, enjoyable, lovable, charming, delightful, grateful, pure

   Synonyms:
   abhorrent, foul, accursed, detestable, hateful, horrible, loathsome, odious, offensive, execrable, nauseous, impure

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1. abominable, detestable, execrable, odiousadjective

   unequivocally detestable

   "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke

   Antonyms:
   lovable, good, loveable

   Synonyms:
   repugnant, detestable, terrible, odious, miserable, painful, unspeakable, awful, atrocious, dreadful, woeful, repulsive, wretched, damnable, obscene, execrable, deplorable, abhorrent

2. atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakableadjective

   exceptionally bad or displeasing

   "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"

   Antonyms:
   lovable, good, loveable

   Synonyms:
   irritating, dreadful, indescribable, indefinable, awful, sore, odious, unnameable, execrable, horrifying, frightful, amazing, horrendous, severe, tremendous, dreaded, dire, afflictive, flagitious, grievous, monstrous, atrocious, ineffable, painful, detestable, awing, awed, wicked, dread(a), awe-inspiring, unspeakable, horrific, nasty, terrible, horrible, frightening, unutterable, awesome, fearsome, fearful, direful, untellable, ugly

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1. abominableadjective

   Synonyms:
   odious, execrable, detestable, loathsome, abhorrent, offensive

How to use abominable in a sentence?

1. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva:

   These people are everything that is abominable in politics.

2. Stephen Crane:

   Think as I think said the man, or you are abominable. You are a toad. And after I had thought on it, I said I will then, be a toad.

3. Robert Cecil:

   We hear much of a decent pride, a becoming proud, a noble pride, a laudable pride. Can that be decent, of which we ought to be ashamed? Can that be becoming, of which God has set forth the deformity? Can that be noble which God resists and is determined to abase? Can that be laudable, which God call abominable.

4. André Gide:

   The abominable effort to take one's sins with one to paradise.

5. Tom Margerison, "A Random Walk in Science" compiled by R. L. Weber, edited by E. Mendoza:

   Report writing, like motor-car driving and love-making, is one of those activities which almost every Englishman thinks he can do well without instruction. The results are of course usually abominable.

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