Vocabulary
Abominable
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
causing moral revulsion.
Urdu meaning
اختلاف را ے رکھنا منحرف
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Whatever role the American leader may have played in stopping hostilities between Pakistan and India this year, his record on Palestine like most of his predecessors`is abominable.
- There has been no lack of remarkable individuals with abominable views on issues like race and gender just think of the luminaries with virulent antisemitic biases.
- Given the abominable state of our government boards, it is not strange that private schools catering to the needs of the children of the elite are heading for Oand A-Levels examinations.
- Therefore, those supporting Israel`s abominable war should shed the use of euphemism, as this fools no one.
- Hamas did abominable things, but they`re not Nazis.
Synonyms
loathsome, detestable, hateful, odious, obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, damnable
Curator example
“the uprising was suppressed with abominable cruelty”
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