abominable

[In Fr. abominable; Ital. abbominevole: fr. Lat. abominabilis = worthy of imprecation, execrable; fr. abomi nor to deprecate anything unpropitious.] [ABOMINATE.] Very loathsome, hateful, or odious; whether (1) as being offensive to the physical senses "And I will cast abominable filth upon thee." Nahum iii. 6. or (2) (in Scripture) as being ceremonially unclean "Any unclean beast or any abominable unclean thing." " -Levitic us vii. 21. or (3) as being offensive to the moral sense"And the scant measure that is abominable." Micah vi. 10. It may be used of persons as well as things: "Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth."- Lev . xi. 43. IMG:content-0034.jpg:[blocks in formation] a very loathsome manner, whether physically or morally. 1. Phys .: As in the sentence, "Decaying tangles smell abominably ." 2. Morally : "And he did very abominably in following idola."-1 Kings xxi. 26.