Gomorrah

[ guh-mawr-uh, -mor-uh ]

/ gəˈmɔr ə, -ˈmɒr ə /

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noun

Also Douay Bible, Go·mor·rha. an ancient city destroyed, with Sodom, because of its wickedness. Genesis 19:24, 25.

any extremely wicked place.

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Origin of Gomorrah

From Late Latin Gomorr(h)a(m), from Greek Gómorr(h)a, an abnormal transliteration of Hebrew ʿămōrāh “sheaf (of grain)”; the normal transliteration of ʿămōrāh is Amora

OTHER WORDS FROM Gomorrah

Go·mor·re·an, adjective

Words nearby Gomorrah

Gómez de la Serna, Gómez Palacio, gomme syrup, gommie, go-moku, Gomorrah, Gompers, Gompers, Samuel, gomphiasis, gomphosis, Gomulka

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How to use Gomorrah in a sentence

I like to think of Shooters as Sodom and Gomorrah, reimagined for the modern world.
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Max Blumenthal, author of the just-published Republican Gomorrah, asks: Did he remain so even after it became a hate group?
The GOP's New Hero|The Daily Beast|September 11, 2009|DAILY BEAST
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To the pious when such things could be done with impunity it seemed as if they were living in the days of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Court Beauties of Old Whitehall|W. R. H. Trowbridge

Perhaps 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 Patterson
Whether 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

Gomorrah

Gomorrha

/ (ɡəˈmɒrə) /

noun

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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