Both Uses of
abominable
in
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
- It occasion'd my being more consider'd by Mr. Palmer as a young man of some ingenuity, tho' he seriously expostulated with me upon the principles of my pamphlet, which to him appear'd abominable.†
*abominable = exceptionally bad or detestable
- He complain'd to me that they were grievously calumniated by the zealots of other persuasions, and charg'd with abominable principles and practices, to which they were utter strangers.†
Definition:
exceptionally bad or intensely disliked