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abominable

English

Etymology

From Middle English abhomynable, from Old French abominable, from Late Latin ab?min?bilis (deserving abhorrence), from ab?minor (abhor, deprecate as an ill omen), from ab (from, away from) + ?minor (forebode, predict, presage), from ?men (sign, token, omen). Formerly erroneously folk-etymologized as deriving from Latin ab- + homo and therefore spelled abhominable, abhominal; see those entries for more.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /??b?m.?.n?.bl?/, /??b?m.n?.bl?/
  • (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /??b?m.?.n?.b?/

Adjective

abominable (comparative more abominable, superlative most abominable)

  1. Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable. [first attested around 1150 to 1350]
  2. (obsolete) Excessive, large (used as an intensifier).
  3. Very bad or inferior.
  4. Disagreeable or unpleasant. [First attested in the late 19th century.]

Usage notes

  • Nouns to which "abominable" is often applied: man, woman, crime, act, deed, sin, vice, character, place, mystery, treatment, church, bride, snowman.

Alternative forms

  • abhominable (obsolete, based on folk etymology), abhominal (obsolete, based on folk etymology)

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • ? Norwegian Bokmål: abominabel

Translations

References

  • abominable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • abominable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • abominable at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin ab?min?bilis.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /?.bo.mi?na.bl?/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /?.bu.mi?na.bl?/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.bo.mi?na.ble/
  • Rhymes: -a?le

Adjective

abominable (masculine and feminine plural abominables)

  1. abominable

Derived terms

  • abominablement

Related terms

  • abominar
  • abominació

French

Etymology

From Late Latin ab?min?bilis (abominable, detestable).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.b?.mi.nabl/
  • Homophone: abominables

Adjective

abominable (plural abominables)

  1. Absolutely loathsome; abominable.
  2. Exceedingly bad or ugly; abominable.

Synonyms

  • Most terms of the second category also have literal meanings closer to that of the first, but are now less common in these uses, as well as marking actions that are not as markedly odious.
  • (loathsome): odieux, méprisable, ignoble, sacrilège (religious), impie (religious)
  • (exceedingly bad or ugly): laid, détestable, exécrable, horrible

Derived terms

  • abominable homme des neiges
  • abominablement

Further reading

  • “abominable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Alternative forms

  • abominábel

Etymology

From Late Latin ab?min?bilis.

Adjective

abominable m or f (plural abominables)

  1. abominable

Related terms

  • abominación
  • abominar

Further reading

  • “abominable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Middle English

Adjective

abominable

  1. Alternative form of abhomynable

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ab?m??n??bl?/
  • Rhymes: -??bl?
  • Hyphenation: a?bo?mi?na?ble

Adjective

abominable

  1. definite singular of abominabel
  2. plural of abominabel

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin ab?min?bilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abomi?nable/, [a.??o.mi?na.??le]

Adjective

abominable (plural abominables)

  1. abominable

Derived terms

Related terms

  • abominar
  • abominado

Further reading

  • “abominable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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bestial

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English bestial, from Old French bestial, from Late Latin b?sti?lis, from Latin b?stia (beast) (whence English beast).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?s.ti.?l/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?b?s.t??l/, /?bis-/

Adjective

bestial (comparative more bestial, superlative most bestial)

  1. (literally and figuratively) Beast-like
    • c. 1604, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act II, Scene 3, [1]
      Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial.
    • 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 4, lines 753-4, [2]
      By thee adulterous lust was driven from men /
      Among the bestial herds to range []
    • 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, [3]
      This familiar that I called out of my own soul, and sent forth alone to do his good pleasure, was a being inherently malign and villainous; his every act and thought centered on self; drinking pleasure with bestial avidity from any degree of torture to another; relentless like a man of stone.
Synonyms
  • beastly
  • animalian
Hypernyms
  • faunal
Derived terms
  • bestiality
  • bestialize
  • bestialization
Related terms
  • beast
  • bestiary
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle Scots bestiall, from Middle English bestaile, from Old French bestaille, from Late Latin b?sti?lia; later reinforced and remodelled on Middle French bestial, itself from Late Latin b?sti?lis.

Noun

bestial pl (plural only)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) Cattle.
    • 1845, The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Forfar, Kincardine (page 94)
      [] much must depend upon the way in which bestial are bought or reared, and the state of the markets when they are sold.

Anagrams

  • Stabile, ableist, albites, astilbe, bastile, libates, stabile

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin b?sti?lis, from Latin b?stia (beast).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /b?s.tjal/
  • Homophones: bestiale, bestiales

Adjective

bestial (feminine singular bestiale, masculine plural bestiaux, feminine plural bestiales)

  1. bestial

Related terms

  • bête

Further reading

  • “bestial” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

  • baliste, établis

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin b?sti?lis, from Latin b?stia (beast).

Adjective

bestial m or f (plural bestiais)

  1. beastly
  2. massive, huge, giant
  3. tremendous, fantastic, awesome

Related terms

  • bestia
  • bestialidade

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • beestial, beestyal, bestiall, bestialle, bestyal, bestyall

Etymology

From Old French bestial, from Late Latin b?sti?lis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /b?sti?a?l/, /?b?stial/, /?b??stial/

Adjective

bestial

  1. animal (of or pertaining to animals)
  2. physical; non-spiritual (of faculties, knowledge, etc.)
  3. beastly, depraved (lacking human sensibility)
  4. stupid, unlearned

Synonyms

  • beestly (all senses)

Descendants

  • English: bestial

References

  • “b??sti??l(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Etymology

First known attestation circa 1190, borrowed from Latin b?sti?lis.

Adjective

bestial m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bestiale)

  1. bestial (of or relating to a beast)

Related terms

  • beste

Descendants

  • English: bestial
  • French: bestial

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin b?sti?lis, from Latin b?stia (beast).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /b???tja?/
  • Hyphenation: bes?ti?al

Adjective

bestial m or f (plural bestiais, comparable)

  1. bestial; brutish
  2. beastly

Related terms

  • besta
  • bestalidade

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bestial, Late Latin b?sti?lis, from Latin b?stia (beast).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bes.ti?al]

Adjective

bestial m or n (feminine singular bestial?, masculine plural bestiali, feminine and neuter plural bestiale)

  1. bestial, animal
  2. (informal) cool

Usage notes

As indicated by the informal meaning of "cool", this word does not have the same negative connotations as in English.

Declension

Synonyms

  • animalic
  • feroce
  • fioros
  • s?lbatic

Related terms

  • bestialitate
  • bestie

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin b?sti?lis, from Latin b?stia (beast).

Adjective

bestial (plural bestiales)

  1. beastly
  2. massive, huge, giant
  3. tremendous, fantastic, awesome

Related terms

  • bestia
  • bestialidad

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