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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
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Difference between abominable and abysmal
Are the words abominable and abysmal interchangeable?
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Very few pairs of words are completely interchangeable. Those words are fairly synonymous in some meanings, but not in others. For example, you can say 'abysmal misery', but not 'abominable misery'.
- Very few pairs of words are completely interchangeable.
- Those words are fairly synonymous in some meanings, but not in others.
- For example, you can say 'abysmal misery', but not 'abominable misery'.
- abominable: extremely bad, offensive, or unpleasant; unequivocally detestable; exceptionally bad or displeasing abysmal: extremely bad or low in quality; very great; limitless; so deep as to be immeasurable CJ
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Very few pairs of words are completely interchangeable.
Those words are fairly synonymous in some meanings, but not in others. For example, you can say 'abysmal misery', but not 'abominable misery'.
abominable: extremely bad, offensive, or unpleasant; unequivocally detestable; exceptionally bad or displeasing
abysmal: extremely bad or low in quality; very great; limitless; so
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