What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Abominable vs Horrendous - What's the difference?

abominable | horrendous | Related terms |

Abominable is a related term of horrendous.


As adjectives the difference between abominable and horrendous

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 horrendous is extremely bad; awful; terrible.

abominable

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete) abhominable

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • 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)
  • Note:''''' (Juliana Berners) ... informs us that in her time (15th century), "' abomynable syght of monkes" was elegant English for "a large company of friars".
  • Very bad or inferior.
  • Disagreeable or unpleasant.
  • 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 * abominably

    References

    * * * ----

    horrendous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Extremely bad; awful; terrible.
  • * There was horrendous carnage at the scene of the plane crash.
  • * My journey to work this morning was horrendous !
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
  • , author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter , title=The British Longitude Act Reconsidered , volume=100, issue=2, page=87 , magazine= citation , passage=But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea. Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.}}

    Synonyms

    * awful, horrific, terrible, dreadful