ABOMINATIONS Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

abominations

noun

plural of abomination

as in enemies

something or someone that is hated most critics decried the remake of the classic film as an abomination

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Recent Examples of abominations It a thematic fit, and after nearly 200 episodes, there’s no doubting this team’s ability to deliver fresh, new abominations. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2026 As the representative for the armed wing of a human empire, you're tasked with subduing these Lovecraftian abominations and securing a foothold for humanity on alien worlds. — Alan Bradley, Space.com, 5 Jan. 2026 The Succession Wars took a much darker turn thanks to the development of not just Battlemechs but of horrible flesh and steel monsters called abominations. — Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025

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But the world might not want another one, and both human foes and spiritual enemies are hunting her.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026
For 20 years, Russian propaganda has portrayed Washington and all of Europe as the country’s enemies.

— Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of enemies

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As potential adversaries deploy sophisticated electronic warfare, signal spoofing and radio frequency (RF) spectrum jamming, traditional communications networks face operational limits.

— Rohit Jha, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Tehran could portray such moves not as territorial expansion, but as defensive measures designed to deny its adversaries forward operating positions.

— Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of adversaries

Noun

Cage plays Roy, a gifted con artist with obsessive-compulsive disorder whose tics, phobias and elaborate rituals have turned his immaculate home into a fortress against the world.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Turns out that the star had quite the number of phobias to conquer.

— Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026

Definition of phobias

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