Gomorrah
Also Douay Bible, Go·mor·rha. an ancient city destroyed, with Sodom, because of its wickedness. Genesis 19:24, 25.
any extremely wicked place.
Origin of Gomorrah
1Other words from Gomorrah
- Go·mor·re·an, adjective
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I like to think of Shooters as Sodom and Gomorrah, reimagined for the modern world.
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Court Beauties of Old Whitehall | W. R. H. TrowbridgePerhaps this part of the story is only a figure of rhetoric to express the horrible lewdness of Sodom and of Gomorrah.
Instigations | Ezra Pound
It cites the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the Deluge as examples of the world's end.
The Other Side of Evolution | Alexander PattersonWhether these might be the pits at which the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown by the four kings, I will not determine.
Early Travels in Palestine | Arculf et al.A few miles of such a p. 137place, and London were a Sodom and Gomorrah.
Days and Nights in London | J. Ewing Ritchie
British Dictionary definitions for Gomorrah
Gomorrha
/ (ɡəˈmɒrə) /
Old Testament one of two ancient cities near the Dead Sea, the other being Sodom, that were destroyed by God as a punishment for the wickedness of their inhabitants (Genesis 19:24)
any place notorious for vice and depravity
Derived forms of Gomorrah
- Gomorrean or Gomorrhean, adjective
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