abomination

[uh-bom-uh-ney-shuhn]

noun

1. anything abominable; anything greatly disliked or abhorred.

2. intense aversion or loathing; detestation.

   He regarded lying with abomination.

   Synonyms: hatred

3. a vile, shameful, or detestable action, condition, habit, etc..

   Spitting in public is an abomination.

   Synonyms: depravity, corruption

abomination

/ əˌbɒmɪˈneɪʃən /

noun

1. a person or thing that is disgusting

2. an action that is vicious, vile, etc

3. intense loathing

Other Word Forms

• self-abomination noun
• superabomination noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of abomination¹

1350–1400; Middle English ab ( h ) ominacioun < Late Latin abōminātiōn- (stem of abōminātiō ). See abominate, -ion

Example Sentences

For anyone who has seen this abomination up close, the conclusion is unbearable.

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That abomination pops out of an unsettlingly cheerful woman whose husband swoops in to offer the hitchhiking boy a ride.

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“People who collect patterned glass think this is an abomination because it’s not in its original state. That’s ridiculous. I love it.”

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These violative space abominations force embryos down their victims’ throats to gestate inside their guts before bursting through their torsos.

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Their defending has been such an abomination that Celtic, with no dependable striker but with a point to prove, could potentially run amok.

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