Origin: Latin suffix -able
Abominable has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
unequivocally detestable
"abominable treatment of prisoners"
"detestable vices"
"execrable crimes"
"consequences odious to those you govern"
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"
Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.
The word comes from Late Latin abōminābilis, meaning "deserving abhorrence." It originally combined a prefix meaning "away from" with a root related to foretelling bad omens.