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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.

    Synonyms: hatred

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

    Spitting in public is an abomination.

    Synonyms: depravity, corruption



abomination

/ əˌbɒmɪˈneɪʃən /

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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  • self-a·bomi·nation noun
  • super·a·bomi·nation noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of abomination1

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

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

From Salon

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.

From BBC

A woman with facial hair was seen by some people not as masculine or unfeminine, but as an abomination.

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During a July 29, 2015, legislative hearing, he said “the true abomination in all of this is the institution of abortion.”

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“But this is the cruel truth—the federal government consistently refuses to keep its word and take meaningful actions to bring the abomination of veteran homelessness to an end.”

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