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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.

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

    Spitting in public is an abomination.

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abomination

/ əˌɒɪˈԱɪʃə /

noun

  1. a person or thing that is disgusting
  2. an action that is vicious, vile, etc
  3. intense loathing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • -·dzi·ԲtDz noun
  • p··dzi·ԲtDz noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of abomination1

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

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But even before the balance goes unrespected, the team behind “The Substance” elevated the beauty of its stars to make their mutual descent into frightful abominations all the more jarring.

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This is an abomination and a cruel coincidence of dates.

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Trial judge Lord Uist said Kriss had been targeted at random because he was white, describing the murder as "an abomination" which had "rightly shocked and appalled the public".

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To a sizable portion of members, the decision was an abomination, and it provoked a mutiny.

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The defeats we've seen in the Nations League have been altogether different in tone than the Hungary one in the summer, which was just an abomination.

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