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abominable
adjective
Exceptionally bad or displeasing
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əˈbɑm.ə.nə.bl̩
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adjective
Exceptionally bad or displeasing
“Atrocious taste”
adjective
Unequivocally detestable
“Abominable treatment of prisoners”
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Atrocious taste
Abominable workmanship
An awful voice
Dreadful manners
A painful performance
Abominable treatment of prisoners
Detestable vices
Execrable crimes
{'source': 'Edmund Burke', 'text': 'consequences odious to those you govern'}
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