All 7 Uses of
abominable
in
The Idiot
- I was short and abominably dressed, and stood and stared in her face and never said a word, because I was shy, like an ass!†
Chpt 1.1abominably = in an exceptionally bad or detestable manner
- It is true, it is an abominable business, as you say.†
Chpt 1.15 *abominable = exceptionally bad or detestable
- —but that would have been abominable too.†
Chpt 1.15
- what abominable stuff it looks!†
Chpt 1.16
- And then—Yes, and then—this abominable prince showed his face again, and everything went topsy-turvy at once, and everyone seemed as mad as March hares.†
Chpt 3.1
- He looks pale enough; and that abominable chatterbox, Evgenie Pavlovitch, monopolizes the whole of the conversation.†
Chpt 3.1
- It's abominable dishonesty, you know!†
Chpt 4.6
Definition:
exceptionally bad or intensely disliked