abomination
noun
anything abominable; anything greatly disliked or abhorred.
abominations
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pluralof abomination.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Over the decades, they have produced classics such as “Exile on Main St.” and “Some Girls,” mediocrity like “Steel Wheels,” and abominations such as “Dirty Work.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Inside the church, services are held as abominations are uncovered outside.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2022
Old garlic, burnt garlic, garlic cut too long ago, garlic that has been smashed through one of those abominations, the garlic press, are all disgusting.
From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2022
But symbols matter, and toppling a statue is often a powerful statement: the end of a regime or an empire, or simply of averting the community’s gaze from atrocities and abominations perpetrated by the subject.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2021
They must remain hidden, and give the humans no hint that they were here, or that, unthinkably, five abominations had survived the Carnage and eked out an existence here for fifteen years.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
