Abominable vs Flagitious - 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.
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(literary) Of people: guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal.
* 1716 Nov 7th, quoted from 1742, probably Alexander Pope, God's Revenge Against Punning'', from
(literary) Extremely brutal or wicked; heinous, monstrous.
* 1959 (1985), Rex Stout, "Assault on a Brownstone", Death Times Three , page 186:
Abominable is a related term of flagitious.
As adjectives the difference between abominable and flagitious
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 flagitious is (literary) of people: guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal.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
flagitious
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(en adjective)''Miscellanies, 3rd volume, page 227:
- This young Nobleman was not only a flagitious Punster himself, but was accessary to the Punning of others, by Consent, by Provocation, by Connivance, and by Defence of the Evil committed […].
- As he entered he boomed: "Monstrous! Flagitious !"