abominably

[US]/ə'bɔmənəbli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. in a way that is extremely unpleasant; in a way that causes disgust

Example Sentences

The food at that restaurant was abominably bad.

She treated her employees abominably.

The weather was abominably hot.

He behaved abominably towards his friends.

The service at the hotel was abominably slow.

The movie was abominably boring.

She sang abominably off-key.

The students were treated abominably by the teacher.

The team played abominably in the match.

The house was abominably dirty.

Real-world Examples

" Madame is no doubt a little fatigued; one gets jolted so abominably in our 'Hirondelle'."

Source: Madame Bovary (Part One)

The fact is, we've treated him abominably.

Source: The Mystery of Styles Court

She is abominably rude to keep Charlotte out of doors in all this wind. Why does she not come in?

Source: Pride and Prejudice (Original Version)

How abominably she behaved to Charlotte, now as always!

Source: The Room with a View (Part 1)

" Why, he has behaved abominably, " she said.

Source: The Room with a View (Part Two)

I have been most shamefully, most abominably treated.

Source: The Chronicles of Narnia C.S. Lewis

The switchboard squawked abominably and Gloria waited while he ministered to the telephone.

Source: Beauty and Destruction (Part 2)

" Not 'abominably, '" was the gentle correction.

Source: The Room with a View (Part Two)

" You used us abominably ill, " answered Mrs. Hurst, " running away without telling us that you were coming out. "

Source: Selections from "Pride and Prejudice"

" You can play well enough to make up a four. I thought it abominably selfish of you" .

Source: The Room with a View (Part Two)

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