Abomination

Quick meaning: Abomination is a noun meaning (countable) An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit.

Meaning

(countable) An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred
2. (countable) That which is abominable, shamefully vile; an object that excites disgust and hatred (often with religious undertones).
3. (obsolete, uncountable) A state that excites detestation or abhorrence; pollution.

Example Sentences

Onely th’adulterous Anthony, most large / In his abhominations, turnes you off

Appalled by a child she found hideous, Philyra begged the gods to free her from having to rear such an abomination.

Religious sodomy was practised by male prostitutes in the Hebrew temple groves, which was one of the abominations of Israel that Josiah cleared away.

Elon Musk, the billionaire tech entrepreneur, has opened a new rift with Donald Trump by denouncing the US president’s tax and spending bill as a “disgusting abomination”.

Word Forms

• abominations
• abominacioun

Synonyms for abomination

Depending on context, synonyms include perversion, abhorrence, aversion, detestation, disgust, loathing.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include loathing, detestation, odium, abhorrence, execration, atrocity.

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