Both Uses of
abominable
in
Babbitt
- He was pitching the chill abominations into the bath-tub, pleased by the vindictiveness of that desolate flapping sound; and in the midst his wife serenely trotted in, observed serenely, "Why Georgie dear, what are you doing?†
Chpt 1
- Except for his wife's confinements there had never been a major operation in the family, and to him surgery was at once a miracle and an abomination of fear.†
Chpt 33 *
Definition:
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(abominable) exceptionally bad or detestable