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So I'm confused about おぞましい, because in 悍ましい, there's おくりがな. Atleast I'm sure
of it, and as far as I know, おくりがな is added to a verb. So, I'd think that the
ま in 悍ましい、is from the irrealis form of a verb, and verbs that end in む
irrealis form usually end with ま、like 望ま、楽しま、悲しま,苦しま etc. So with that, I'd
think that おぞましい's origin would be a verb named おぞむ, and, for example, like
あえて, I can't even find a verb.
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verbs conjugations adjectives i-adjectives okurigana
Does 悍ましい derive from a verb?
Okurigana is used in i-adjectives as well, look for example at 新しい (new). So,
okurigana doesn't necessary mean that the word is a verb/derived from a verb.

~~Besides, it seems that 悍 doesn't appear within any verb~~ See @jogloran's
link in comments for the potential source verb.
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I wrote a separate post back in December 2020 about the derivation of _-ashii_
adjectives:

  * [む verbs and corresponding ましい adjectives](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/82922/%e3%82%80-verbs-and-corresponding-%e3%81%be%e3%81%97%e3%81%84-adjectives/82923#82923)

In short, it appears that most _-ashii_ adjectives derive from verbs. Note too
that _-oshii_ appears as a variant form, sometimes alongside _-ashii_ (as in
好【この】ましい and 好【この】もしい), and sometimes as the only extant form (as in よろしい).

So if you see an adjective ending in _-ashii_ or _-oshii_ , chances are high
that this is derived from a verb.
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