The Only Use of
abominable
in
The Scarlet Letter
- He had told his hearers that he was altogether vile, a viler companion of the vilest, the worst of sinners, an abomination, a thing of unimaginable iniquity, and that the only wonder was that they did not see his wretched body shrivelled up before their eyes by the burning wrath of the Almighty!
p. 97.1abomination = something that is exceptionally bad or detestable
Definition:
exceptionally bad or intensely disliked