Abomination
[əbɒmɪ'neɪʃ(ə)n] or [ə,bɑmɪ'neʃən]
Definition
(noun.) an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence; 'his treatment of the children is an abomination'.
(noun.) a person who is loathsome or disgusting.
Inputed by Josiah--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination.
(n.) That which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution.
(n.) A cause of pollution or wickedness.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Abhorrence, detestation, execration, hatred, loathing, disgust, antipathy.[2]. Contamination, pollution, defilement, taint, uncleanness, impurity, foulness.[3]. Nuisance, annoyance, plague, infliction, torment, curse, great evil, hateful thing.
Inputed by Conrad
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Loathing, detestation, hatred, abhorrence, plague, nuisance, evil, annoyance,infliction, curse
ANT:Love, affection, desire, enjoyment, longing, acquisition, gratification,blessing, treat, delight, benefit
Editor: Margie
Examples
- Is this place of abomination consecrated ground? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The Abomination of Desolation was no mystery to them; they had discovered that unutterable Thing in the characteristic others call Originality. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It's a perfect abomination for you to defend such a system,--that's _my_ mind! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I have a caseful of cigarettes here which need smoking, and the sofa is very much superior to the usual country hotel abomination. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- His abominations roused his Indian tributary princes to revolt, and he was overthrown (528). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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