abomination

American  

[uh-bom-uh-ney-shuhn] / əˌbɒm əˈneɪ ʃən /

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

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abomination British  

/ əˌbɒmɪˈneɪʃən /

noun

1. a person or thing that is disgusting

2. an action that is vicious, vile, etc

3. intense loathing

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Other Word Forms

• self-abomination noun
• superabomination noun

Etymology

Origin of abomination

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

Example Sentences

Hayden, on the other hand, knew that such a hodgepodge of materials would result in an aesthetic abomination.

From Literature

The throat diameter that I had so carefully calculated and Mr. Caton and his buddies had so precisely machined was now an ugly, oblong, pitted abomination.

From Literature

I detested myself for what I considered the abomination of feeling nothing.

From Literature

Once or twice it reared its head straight up, as if appealing to heaven—the abomination of the moment was perfectly expressed.

From Literature

When we get to a ladybug-pattern abomination, I’m done.

From Literature