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Definition: Abominable |
AbominableAdjective1. Unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke. 2. Exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "abominable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Abominable \A*bom"i*na*ble\, adjective. [French expression abominable. Latin abominalis. See Abominate.]. (references) |
Synonyms: AbominableSynonyms: atrocious (adj), awful (adj), detestable (adj), dreadful (adj), execrable (adj), odious (adj), painful (adj), terrible (adj), unspeakable (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Hate | Obnoxious, hateful, odious, abominable, repulsive, offensive, shocking; disgusting; (disagreeable); reprehensible. |
Inexpedience | Evil, wrong; depraved; shocking; reprehensible; (disapprove). hateful, hateful as a toad; abominable, detestable, execrable, cursed, accursed, confounded; damned, damnable; infernal; diabolic; (malevolent). |
Uncleanness | Nasty, coarse, foul, offensive, abominable, beastly, reeky, reechy; fetid. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Abominable |
| English words defined with "abominable": Abhominable, Abominableness. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "abominable": Kitten. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Abominable" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (abhorrent, abominable, alien, awful, dismal, dreary, ghastly, gruesome, hideous, horrible, nasty, nefarious, vile), Spanish (abhorrent, abominable, abominably, alien, awful, damnably, detestable, gruesome, hideous, horrible, infamous, rotten, ugly, undelightful, unspeakable). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Bullwinkle, it says here that for you to inherit the fortune, you have to spend the weekend in the ancestral home; Abominable Manor (The Bullwinkle Show; writing credit: Allan Burns; Chris Hayward) I've been living in an abominable manner all my life (The Bullwinkle Show; writing credit: Allan Burns; Chris Hayward) The abominable and the fornicators - this is the second death (Millennium; writing credit: Eric Knight) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) El Abominable hombre de la Costa del Sol (1970) The Abominable Mountaineers (1967) L' Abominable homme des douanes (1963) The Abominable Snow Rabbit (1961) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Of course there's an abominable snowman!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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 | Abominable; amoral; atrocious; base; contemptible; corrupt; debased; degenerate; depraved; devilish; dissolute; egregious; evil; fiendish; flagitious; foul; gross; guilty; heartless; heinous; immoral; impious; impish; incorrigible; indecent; iniquitous; i. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | But I shall always think it a very abominable sort of proceeding |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | it is abominable! Killed |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | He thought his ears being used to such abominable words, might by degrees admit them with less detestation |
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| "Abominable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Abominable" is used about 87 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 87 | 35,390 |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "abominable". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Mysia | N/A | Biblical | Abominable |
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Expressions using "abominable": abominable food ♦ abominable snowman ♦ abominable weather ♦ the abominable snowman. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "abominable": abominable-entered. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
abominable snowman | 67 |
abominable | 13 |
abominable dr phibes | 12 |
abominable picture snowman | 9 |
abominable snowman yeti | 6 |
abominable bug bunny snowman | 3 |
abominable de hombre las nieves | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "abominable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | afskuwelik (abhorrent, abysmal, alien, awful, dreadful, gruesome, hideous, horrible, terrible). (various references) | |
Albanian | i neveritshëm (abhorrent, accursed, accurst, beastly, contemptible, damnable, damned, despicable, detestable, disgustful, disgusting, execrable, fulsome, ghoulish, heinous, hideous, loathful, loathsome, nauseating, noisome, obnoxious, odious, putrid, rank, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, sickening, sickly, slimy, sordid, squalid, unclean, unsavory, unsavoury). (various references) | |
Arabic | فظيع (atrocious, detestable, flagrant, gross, hideous, horrible, horrid, monstrous, outrageous, shocking, terrible, ugly), كريه (abhorrent, accursed, atrocious, bad, brackish, cursed, detestable, disagreeable, distasteful, foul, frightful, hateful, horrible, loathsome, nasty, objectionable, odious, offensive, out of favor, out of favour, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, seamy, sickening, sour, ugly, unattractive, unpleasant, unwholesome, wicked), ملعون (accursed, cursed, damn, damned, detestable, evil, execrable, god-damn, stupid, wicked), مقيت (detestable, execrable, repulsive), لعين (accursed, bloody, cursed, damned, evil, execrable, wicked), بغيض (accursed, antipathetic, beastly, blasted, cursed, damned, detestable, distasteful, dreadful, forbidding, frightful, hateful, horrid, impossible, nasty, noxious, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, out of favor, out of favour, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, sticky, ungrateful, unhappy, unlikely, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsavory, unsavoury, unwelcome, villainous). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | гаден (creepy, filthy, loathsome, nameless, nasty, nauseous, noisome, obscene, revolting, scarlet, sickly, slimy, sordid, stinking, unsavory, unsavoury, unwholesome, vile, villainous, yukky), отвратителен (abhorrent, accursed, accurst, atrocious, awful, beastly, bestial, carrion, creepy, cursed, damnable, detestable, disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, execrable, foul, fulsome, gruesome, hateful, heinous, hideous, horrible, ill-favored, ill-favoured, infamous, loathsome, lousy, miserable, morbid, nasty, nauseous, noisome, odious, offensive, punk, putrid, rank, repellent, revolting, rotten, septic, shocking, sickening, ugly, unholy, unsavory, unsavoury, unspeakable, villainous, wicked), омразен (abhorrent, accursed, accurst, detestable, hateful, obnoxious, odious), противен (abhorrent, adverse, bastard, contrary, cross, disagreeable, foul, fulsome, ghastly, gross, horrid, loud, mucky, nameless, nasty, noisome, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, opposing, pestilential, rebarbative, repugnant, repulsive, scarlet, sickening, sickly, sorry, sour, squalid, swinish, ugly, unattractive, unfavorable, unfavourable, ungracious, ungrateful, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsavory, unsavoury, vexatious, vile, villainous). (various references) | |
Chinese | 恶心 (Nausea). (various references) | |
Czech | ohavný (despicable, detestable, execrable, ghastly, heinous, hideous, horrendous, horrid, odious, ugly, unspeakable, vile, villainous), odporný (abhorrent, bad, detestable, disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, foul, hateful, horrible, loathsome, nasty, nauseous, noisome, obnoxious, odious, offensive, queasy, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, sickening, stinking, unsavory, verminous, vile). (various references) | |
Dutch | afschuwelýk (abhorrent, agonizing, alien, awful, dismal, dreary, ghastly, gruesome, hideous, horrible, nasty), afgrijselijk (awful, ghastly, hideous, horrible), afgrýselýk (abhorrent, agonizing, alien, awful, dismal, dreary, ghastly, gruesome, hideous, horrible, nasty), weerzinwekkend (abhorrent, alien, disgusting, nasty, nauseous), walgelýk (abhorrent, alien, disgusting, nasty, nauseous), verfoeilýk (abhorrent, alien, awful, gruesome, hideous, horrible), stuitend (abhorrant, abhorrent, alien, disgusting, nasty, nauseous), onsmakelýk (abhorrent, alien, disgusting, nasty, nauseous), misselýk (abhorrent, alien, disgusting, nasty, nauseous), ijselijk (alien, dreadful, gruesome, terrible), ýselýk (abhorrent, abysmal, alien, awful, dreadful, gruesome, hideous, horrible, terrible). (various references) | |
Esperanto | abomeninda (abhorrent, alien, awful, gruesome, hideous, horrible), naŭza (abhorrant, alien, disgusting, nasty, nauseous). (various references) | |
Faeroese | andstyggiligur (abhorrent, alien, disgusting, nasty, nauseous, ugly), vamlisligur (abhorrent, alien, disgusting, nasty, nauseous). (various references) | |
Finnish | inhottava (detestable, disgusting, hideous, loathsome, nasty), inhottaa (detestable, disgusting, hideous, loathsome). (various references) | |
French | hideux (abhorrent), abominable (abhorrent). (various references) | |
Frisian | in griis (abhorrent, alien, awful, gruesome, hideous, horrible), ôfgryslik (abhorrent, agonizing, alien, awful, ghastly, gruesome, hideous, horrible). (various references) | |
German | abscheulich (abhorrent, abominably, atrocious, awful, bloody, damnable, damnably, detestable, detestably, execrable, execrably, execrative, flagrant, flagrantly, hateful, heinous, heinously, hideous, horrendous, horrendously, horrible, horribly, loathsome, mean, monstrous, nasty, obnoxious, odious, outrageous, outrageously, putrid, repulsive, revolting, terrible, terribly, vile). (various references) | |
Greek | βδελυρόσ (abhorrent, hideous), μισητόσ (abhorrent, detestable, hated, hateful, invidious, obnoxious, odious), εναγής (cursed), απεχθήσ (abhorrent, abject, loathful, loathsome, obnoxious, odious, repugnant, revolting), απεχθής (abhorred, abhorrent, hideous, loathsome), απαίσιοσ (dreadful, execrable, flagrant, ghastly, horrid, ominous, sinister, stinking), αποτρόπαιοσ (execrable, heinous, outrageous). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מתועב (abhorrent, atrocious, execrable, ghoulish, heinous, hideous, infamous, repulsive, vile), משוקץ (abhorred, detestable, loathsome, repulsive), מאוס (abomination, anathema, atrocious, despicable, disgusting, foul, fulsome, loathsome, mangy, refuse, repulsive, repulsiveness), תעב (abhorred, detestable, foul, gruesome, hateful, loathsome, obnoxious, odious, vile). (various references) | |
Hungarian | utálatos (abhorrent, alien, awful, detestable, dismal, distasteful, dreary, execrable, ghastly, groaty, grotty, gruesome, hateful, hideous, horrible, loathful, loathsome, monstrous, nasty, nauseating, obnoxious, odious, poisonous, rank), undok (execrable, hideous, nasty, nauseating, nauseous, odious), gyalázatos (damnable, disgraceful, dishonorable, dishonour, dishonourable, disreputable, monstrous, nefarious, opprobrious, outrageous, rotter), förtelmes (disgusting, hateful, heinous, hideous). (various references) | |
Icelandic | andstyggilegur (abhorrent, alien, awful, gruesome, hideous, horrible), hryllilegur (abhorrent, abysmal, alarmed, alien, awful, dismayed, dreadful, dumbfounded, gruesome, hideous, horrible, put out of countenance, terrible). (various references) | |
Indonesian | menjijikkan (abhor, abominate, detest, detestable, disgust, disgusting, displease, execrable, insulting, loathing, odious, reprehensible, repugnant, satiate, scandalize), buruk sekali (terrible). (various references) | |
Italian | orribile (abhorrent, agonizing, alien, awful, beastly, dreadful, ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, hideous, horrible, horrific, macabre, revolting, shocking), orrendo (abhorrent, agonizing, alien, awful, dismal, dreadful, dreary, frightful, ghastly, grisly, gruesome, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, nasty, revolting, terrible), abominevole (beastly, dismal, dreary, ghastly, hideous, horrible, nasty, nefarious). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 忌まわしい . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | にくい (detestable, difficult, hard, hateful, poor-looking), いまわしい, いむべき (detestable). (various references) | |
Manx | oaiagh (perjured), feohoil (filthy), feohdagh (abhorrent, execrable, filthy, hateful, nauseous), dwoaieagh (detestable, hated, hateful, vile). (various references) | |
Norwegian | avskyelig (abhorrent, beastly, detestable). (various references) | |
Papiamen | abominabel (abhorrent, abject, abysmal, alien, awful, disdainful, disgusting, dismal, dreadful, dreary, ghastly, gruesome, hideous, horrible, nasty, nauseous, terrible). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abominableay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | abominável (abhorrent, accursed, accurst, alien, atrocious, awful, dismal, dreary, foul, gruesome, hideous, horrible, nasty, nefarious, odious). (various references) | |
Romanian | abominabil (abominably, detestable, dire, execrable, hateful, horrible), urât (bad, badly, boredom, dirty, ennui, filthy, foul, haggish, hateful, hideous, ill-featured, little, low, megrim, naughty, opprobrious, sour, squalid, tedium, ugly, unbecoming, unfairly, unsightly, vicious, villainous, wicked), scârbos (abhorrent, accursed, bloody, detestable, disagreeable, disgusting, dreadful, foul, fulsome, ghastly, loathsome, loathsomely, nasty, nauseous, repugnant, repulsive, sickening, unpleasant, verminous, vile), oribil (detestable, gruesome, hideous, hideously, horrible, horribly, horrid, horrific, monstrous), dezgustãtor (disgusting, fulsome, loathsome, loathsomely, nasty, nauseous, obscene, odious, odiously, offensive, repugnant, repulsive, scurvy, sickening, unsavory, unsavoury, vile), îngrozitor (appalling, awful, awfully, beastly, desperate, direful, dreadful, grisly, hideous, horrible, shocking, terrible, terribly, terrific, tremendous). (various references) | |
Russian | отвратительный (abhorrent, crummy, cursed, damned, detestable, disgustful, disgusting, evolving, execrable, filthy, foul, fulsome, ghoulish, gruesome, hateful, heinous, hideous, loathsome, morbid, nameless, nasty, nauseous, obnoxious, poisonous, rank, repugnant, revolting, sickening, stinking, unsavory, unsavoury, vile). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | rdjav, odvratan (abhorrent, accursed, accurst, beastly, brackish, disgustful, disgusting, execrable, hideous, loathsome, mucky, nasty, nauseating, obnoxious, obscene, odious, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, sickening, snotty, sordid, uncongenial, unlovely, vile), loš (bad, gross, lousy, mean, miserable, poor, refuse, shoddy, trashy, vile), gnusan (damnable, detestable, heinous, hideous, loathful, loathsome, nasty, noisome, sickening). (various references) | |
Spanish | abominable (abhorrent, abominably, alien, awful, damnably, detestable, gruesome, hideous, horrible, infamous, rotten, ugly, undelightful, unspeakable), horroroso (abhorrent, agonizing, alien, awful, dismal, dreadful, dreary, ghastly, gruesome, harrowing, hideous, horrible, horrid, horrifying, nasty, wicked), horrible (abhorrent, agonizing, alien, appalling, awful, bleak, dire, direful, dirty, dismal, dread, dreary, evil, formidably, foul, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, hellish, hideous, horrible, horrid, lousy, lurid, moldy, mouldy, nasty, shocking, stinking, terrible, terror, vile, wicked). (various references) | |
Swedish | avskyvärd (abhorrent, astrocious, beastly, detestable, execrable, heinous, loathful, loathsome, obnoxious, obscene, odious, stinking, unspeakable). (various references) | |
Turkish | tiksindirici (cloying, detestable, disgusting, fulsome, loathsome, mawkish, odious, putrid, qualmish, sickening, squirmy), iğrenç (abhorrent, accursed, accurst, cloying, crying, damn, damned, detestable, dirty, disgusting, distasteful, dread, dreadfull, execrable, filthy, foul, frightful, ghoulish, god-awful, grievous, hatable, hateable, hateful, heinous, hideous, horrible, horrid, infernal, loathsome, lousy, mangy, mawkish, nasty, nauseous, noisome, obnoxious, odious, offensive, putrid, rancid, rank, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, scummy, shocking, sick, sickening, sickly, slimy, squirmy, stinking, ugly, vile, villainous, yuck), berbat (abysmal, accursed, accurst, appalling, atrocious, awful, bad, badly, beastly, bum, chronic, crappy, dashed, destroyed, deuced, devilish, disgusting, dread, dreadfull, egregious, execrable, fierce, flagitious, frightful, ghastly, grotty, hell, hell of, helluva, horrible, horrid, indifferent, infamous, infernal, ropy, rotten, screwed, shocking, sickening, spoilt, sticky, stinking, terrible, ungodly, unsavory, unsavoury, vicious, vile, villainous, violent, wretched). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | гидкий (beastly, fulsome, noisome), огидний (abhorrent, abject, accursed, accurst, antipathetic, antipathetical, atrocious, beastly, bilious, brackish, brutal, carrion, damnable, damned, detestable, disgusting, dreadful, evil, execrable, filthy, ghoulish, grim, hanging, heinous, hideous, horrible, horrid, ill-favored, ill-favoured, loathful, loathsome, mawkish, mucky, nasty, nauseating, nauseous, nefandous, noisome, obnoxious, obscene, odious, offensive, pesky, poisonous, putrid, rank, repellent, repulsive, revolting, shocking, snotty, sordid, sour, stinking, underfoot, wicked), мерзенний (abhorrent, abject, atrocious, caitiff, ghoulish, hangdog, hateful, heinous, nasty, nefandous, nefarious, niddering, odious, sordid, villainous, wretched), жахливий (abysmal, almighty, appalling, atrocious, awesome, awful, blinking, blood-curdling, blue, chronic, damnable, damned, deadly, desperate, deuced, devilish, dire, direful, dreadful, eerie, eery, eldritch, enormous, fearful, fearsome, ferocious, flagrant, frightening, frightful, grievous, gruesome, horrible, horrific, iniquitous, macabre, monstrous, plaguy, scarey, scary, towering, tragic, tremendous, ungodly, wretched), бридкий (antipathetic, antipathetical, bad, damned, hideous, loathful, nasty, noisome, offensive, sickening), противний (obnoxious, offensive, unsavoury, wretched). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | kinh tởm (abominate, carrion, sickening), ghê tởm (abhorrent, anathematic, anathematical, cursed, cursedly, disgustedly, disgustful, grisly, loathly, loathsome, odious, rebarbative, repulsive). (various references) | |
Welsh | ffiaidd (loathsome). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | abominabile, abominabilem, abominabiles, abominabilis, abominandum, atrox, aversabilis, detestabiliorem, dirus, infandorum, nefandorum, nefandos, nefandus, nefaria, nefariam, nefarie, nefario, nefarium, nefarius. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 21, Verse 27 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Qusiai asebwn bdelugma kuriw kai gar paranomwV prosferousin autaV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Hostiae impiorum abominabiles quia offeruntur ex scelere |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The ostis of vnpitous men abominable, that ben offrid of hidous gilte. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind? |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind? |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose! |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 21, Verse 27 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang halad sa tawong dautan maoy usa ka dulumtanan; Daw unsa ka labaw pa gayud, kong iyang dad-on kini uban sa dautan nga hunahuna! |
| Croatian | Mrska je žrtva opakih, osobito kad se požudno prinosi. |
| Danish | Vederstyggeligt er de gudløses Offer, især når det ofres for Skændselsdåd. |
| Dutch | Het offer der goddelozen is een gruwel; hoeveel te meer, als zij het met een schandelijk voornemen brengen! |
| Finnish | Jumalattomien uhri on kauhistus; saati sitten, jos se tuodaan ilkityön edestä! |
| French | Le sacrifice des méchants est quelque chose d`abominable; Combien plus quand ils l`offrent avec des pensées criminelles! |
| German | Der Gottlosen Opfer ist ein Greuel; denn es wird in Sünden geopfert. |
| Hungarian | Az istentelenek áldozatja útálatos; kivált mikor gonosz tettért viszi. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | TUHAN tidak senang dengan persembahan orang durhaka, lebih-lebih kalau dipersembahkan dengan maksud yang tercela. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Persembahan orang jahat itu suatu kebencian adanya, istimewa pula jikalau dibawanya dengan niat yang jahat. |
| Maori | ¶ He mea whakarihariha te whakahere a te tangata kino; tera noa ake ina he te whakaaro i kawea mai ai e ia. |
| Norwegian | De ugudeliges offer er en vederstyggelighet, og enda mere når de bærer det frem og har ondt i sinne! |
| Portuguese | O sacrifício dos ímpios é abominaçao; quanto mais oferecendo-o com intenção maligna! |
| Rumanian | Jertfa celor rqi este o sckrbq knaintea Domnului, cu ckt mai mult cknd o aduc cu gknduri nelegiuite. - |
| Russian | цЕТФЧБ ОЕЮЕУФЙЧЩИ--НЕТЪПУФШ, ПУП'ЕООП ЛПЗ"Б У МХЛБЧУФЧПН ТЙОПУСФ ЕЕ. |
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Misspellings | |
"Abominable" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abdominable, abomidable, abominabel, abominadble, abominal, abominale, abominatle, abominbable, abomnable, abomniable, abomynable, abonimable, adominable. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "abominable" (pronounced ubÄ"munubul) |
| 7 | -m u n u b u l | determinable, interminable. |
| 6 | -u n u b u l | actionable, fashionable, fissionable, imaginable, impressionable, inalienable, objectionable, personable, questionable, reasonable, seasonable, unconscionable, unfashionable, unimaginable, unmentionable, unquestionable. |
| 5 | -n u b u l | indefinable, amenable, attainable, burnable, cannibal, Combinable, definable, discernible, explainable, impregnable, sustainable, tenable, obtainable, returnable, trainable, tunable, unalienable, unattainable, unexplainable, ungovernable, unobtainable, unreasonable, unsustainable, untenable, unwinnable, winnable. |
| 4 | -u b u l | incurable, indefatigable, indefensible, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indispensable, indisputable, indistinguishable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inequitable, inescapable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexorable, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, acceptable, accessible, accountable, achievable, adaptable, addressable, adjustable, admirable, admissible, adoptable, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, attributable, audible, available, avoidable, bankable, bearable, believable, billable, biodegradable, breakable, buildable, callable, capable, changeable, chargeable, charitable, classifiable, collapsible, collectible, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, countable, credible, creditable, crucible, culpable, curable, debatable, deductible, defensible, degradable, delectable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, detectable, developable, digestible, disagreeable, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, disreputable, distinguishable, divisible, doable, drinkable, drivable, durable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enforceable, enjoyable, enviable, equable, equitable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fallible, fathomable, favorable, feasible, fixable, flammable, flexible, forcible, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gullible, habitable, harvestable, heritable, hon, honorable, horrible, hospitable, identifiable, illegible, imitable, immiscible, immovable, immutable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, imperceptible, impermissible, implacable, implantable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impracticable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incompatible, incomprehensible, incompressible, inconceivable, incontrovertible, incorrigible, incredible, soluble, solvable, spendable, submersible, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, syllable, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, terrible, inflexible, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interruptible, intolerable, intractable, invaluable, investable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irascible, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresistible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, justifiable, knowledgeable, lamentable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, moldable, movable, navigable, negligible, negotiable, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, notable, noticeable, observable, operable, ostensible, palatable, palpable, parable, passable, patentable, payable, peaceable, perceptible, perishable, permeable, permissible, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, possible, potable, practicable, predictable, preferable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, provable, punishable, quotable, reachable, readable, realizable, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, redoubtable, reducible, refundable, regrettable, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repairable, repayable, repeatable, replaceable, reportable, reprehensible, reputable, resealable, resettable, respectable, responsible, retractable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, salable, saleable, salvageable, sensible, serviceable, sizable, sizeable, sociable, tolerable, traceable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, typeable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbeatable, unbelievable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgettable, unforgivable, unimpeachable, uninhabitable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmistakable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unreachable, unreadable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstoppable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unworkable, usable, variable, vegetable, venerable, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, washable, wearable, workable. |
| 3 | -b u l | able, amble, assemble, babble, Babel, bauble, bible, bramble, bubble, Bumble, cable, cobble, coble, corbel, crumble, cymbal, dabble, Dibble, disable, disassemble, dissemble, double, Drabble, dribble, enable, enfeeble, ennoble, ensemble, fable, feeble, foible, fumble, gable, gamble, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, grumble, hardscrabble, herbal, hobble, humble, ignoble, immeasurable, immobile, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, symbol, table, intertribal, jumble, kibble, label, libel, marble, mislabel, mobile, mumble, nibble, nimble, noble, nonverbal, pebble, preamble, psychobabble, quibble, rabble, ramble, reassemble, rebel, redouble, relabel, resemble, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, rumble, sable, Scrabble, scramble, scribble, shamble, Sibyl, thimble, timetable, treble, tremble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tumble, turntable, umbel, unable, unscramble, unserviceable, unstable, valuable, verbal, wamble, wobble. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-b-e-i-l-m-n-o" | |
-3 letters: abalone, abelian, aeolian, amboina, amiable, amoeban, bambino, laminae, minable, namable. | |
-4 letters: abelia, albino, ameban, amoeba, anemia, animal, anomie, baalim, balboa, bemoan, bilboa, emboli, eolian, lambie, lamiae, lamina, lomein, maline, manila, menial, milneb, mobile, moline, nibble, nimble, nobble, obelia, oilman, oilmen. | |
-5 letters: abeam, aboil, aboma, alamo, alane, alien, aline, aloin, alone, amain, amble, ameba. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Sounds | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Usage Frequency 11. Names: Derived from 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Translations: Ancient 16. Bible Trace | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Bibliography |
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