Abominable vs Dastardly - What's the difference?
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Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.
* But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable , and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. — Revelation 21:8 (KJV)
(obsolete) Excessive, large (used as an intensifier).
* (and other bibliographic particulars) (George Perkins Marsh)
Very bad or inferior.
Disagreeable or unpleasant.
in the manner of a dastard; marked by cowardice; pusillanimous
treacherous; given to backstabbing
Abominable is a related term of dastardly.
As adjectives the difference between abominable and dastardly
is that abominable is worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable while dastardly is in the manner of a dastard; marked by cowardice; pusillanimous.abominable
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete) abhominableAdjective
(en adjective)- Note:''''' (Juliana Berners) ... informs us that in her time (15th century), "' abomynable syght of monkes" was elegant English for "a large company of friars".
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "abominable" is often applied: man, woman, crime, act, deed, sin, vice, character, place, mystery, treatment, church.Derived terms
* abominable snowman * abominableness * abominablyReferences
dastardly
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Adjective
(er)Quotations
* "the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on...December 7th" - inresponse to the attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)