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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

/ əˌ²úÉ’³¾ÉªËˆ²Ô±ðɪʃə²Ô /

noun

  1. a person or thing that is disgusting
  2. an action that is vicious, vile, etc
  3. intense loathing
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of abomination1

1350–1400; Middle English ab ( h ) ominacioun < Late Latin ²¹²úų¾¾±²ÔÄå³Ù¾±Å²Ô- (stem of ²¹²úų¾¾±²ÔÄå³Ù¾±Å ). See abominate, -ion
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Example Sentences

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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