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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
abominable
abom·in·able BrE [əˈbɒmɪnəbl] NAmE [əˈbɑːmɪnəbl] adjective extremely unpleasant and causing disgust Syn: ↑appalling, Syn: ↑disgusting •The judge described the attack as an abominable crime. •We were served the most abominable coffee. Derived Word: ↑abominably Word Origin: [abominable abominably] Middle English: via Old French from Latin abominabilis, from abominari, from ab- ‘away, from’ + omen, omin- ‘omen’. The term was once widely believed to be from ab- ‘away from’ + Latin homine (from homo ‘human being’), thus ‘inhuman, beastly’, and frequently spelled abhominable until the 17th cent. Example Bank: •I think you are utterly selfish and your behaviour has been abominable.
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