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

Other Words From

• self-a·bomi·nation noun
• super·a·bomi·nation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of abomination¹

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

Example Sentences

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

From Salon

Early in the series, for example, Walker hears his wife's friends from church refer to homosexuality as a "disease" and an "abomination".

From BBC

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

"If the ethos of the school says that homosexuality is wrong, it's sinful and it's an abomination how does that make a young gay person in a school feel?"

From BBC

"So that teaching that you're outlining there, that homosexuality is wrong - an abomination - is not the teaching of all of our churches completely, every single Christian church," she added.

From BBC