abominable

Meaning

Adjective

• Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.
• Excessive, large .
• Very bad or inferior.
• Disagreeable or unpleasant.

Origin

• From Middle English abhomynable, from Old French abominable, from Late Latin abōminābilis ("deserving abhorrence"), from abōminor, from ab + ōminor, from ōmen. Formerly erroneously folk-etymologized as deriving from ab- + homo and therefore spelled abhominable, abhominal; see those entries for more.