Both Uses
abominable
in
The Hobbit
(Edited)
- If we have got to' go back now into those abominable tunnels to look for him, then drat him, I say.
p. 86.6abominable = exceptionally bad or detestable
- He could only see the things's eyes, but he could feel its hairy legs as it struggled to wind its abominable threads round and round him.
p. 143.7 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(abominable) exceptionally bad or intensely disliked
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)