abominably

[US]/ə'bɔmənəbli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. på en måte som er ekstremt uflattering; på en måte som forårsaker avsky

Example Sentences

The food at that restaurant was abominably bad.

Maten på den restauranten var forferdelig dårlig.

She treated her employees abominably.

Hun behandlede sine ansatte forferdelig.

The weather was abominably hot.

Været var forferdelig varmt.

He behaved abominably towards his friends.

Han oppførte seg forferdelig mot sine venner.

The service at the hotel was abominably slow.

Tjenesten på hotellet var forferdelig sakte.

The movie was abominably boring.

Filmen var forferdelig triviell.

She sang abominably off-key.

Hun sang forferdelig avstemt.

The students were treated abominably by the teacher.

Elevene ble behandlet forferdelig av læreren.

The team played abominably in the match.

Laget spilte forferdelig i kampen.

The house was abominably dirty.

Huset var forferdelig skittent.

Real-world Examples

" Madame is no doubt a little fatigued; one gets jolted so abominably in our 'Hirondelle'."

"Madame er sikkert litt trøtt; man blir jo så forferdelig skjegget i vår 'Hirondelle'."

Source: Madame Bovary (Part One)

The fact is, we've treated him abominably.

Faktum er at vi har behandlet ham forferdelig.

Source: The Mystery of Styles Court

She is abominably rude to keep Charlotte out of doors in all this wind. Why does she not come in?

Det er forferdelig grov av henne å holde Charlotte ute i all denne vinden. Hvorfor kommer hun ikke inn?

Source: Pride and Prejudice (Original Version)

How abominably she behaved to Charlotte, now as always!

Hvordan forferdelig hun oppførte seg til Charlotte, nå som alltid!

Source: The Room with a View (Part 1)

" Why, he has behaved abominably, " she said.

"Jo, han har oppført seg forferdelig," sa hun.

Source: The Room with a View (Part Two)

I have been most shamefully, most abominably treated.

Jeg har blitt mest skamfullt, mest forferdelig behandlet.

Source: The Chronicles of Narnia C.S. Lewis

The switchboard squawked abominably and Gloria waited while he ministered to the telephone.

Kontrollbrettet kvitter forferdelig, og Gloria ventet mens han tok seg av telefonen.

Source: Beauty and Destruction (Part 2)

" Not 'abominably, '" was the gentle correction.

"Ikke 'forferdelig,'" var den mildre rettelse.

Source: The Room with a View (Part Two)

" You used us abominably ill, " answered Mrs. Hurst, " running away without telling us that you were coming out. "

"Du har brukt oss forferdelig ill,« svarte fru Hurst, «å løpe vekk uten å fortelle oss at du skulle komme ut.»

Source: Selections from "Pride and Prejudice"

" You can play well enough to make up a four. I thought it abominably selfish of you" .

"Du kan spille godt nok til å lage en fire. Jeg syntes det var forferdelig egosent av deg."

Source: The Room with a View (Part Two)

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