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Abominable vs Disquieting - What's the difference?

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Abominable is a related term of disquieting.


As adjectives the difference between abominable and disquieting

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 disquieting is causing mental trouble or anguish; upsetting; making uneasy.

As a verb disquieting is

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As a noun disquieting is

the act by which someone or something is disquieted.

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

    Related terms

    * abominate * abomination

    References

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    disquieting

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing mental trouble or anguish; upsetting; making uneasy.
  • *
  • *:It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which someone or something is disquieted.
  • * Edward Reynolds
    • Thus we see the intuition of divine truth in minds of defiled affections, worketh not that sweet effect which is natural unto it to produce; but doubtings, terrors, and disquietings of conscience