ABOMINATIONS Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

abominations

noun

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plural of abomination

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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 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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Noun

Doom has corridors, enemies, three-dimensional navigation and a lot of things that are trying to kill you.

— Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2026
Bolstered by a vastly superior air force and hard-to-overwhelm missile defenses, Israel is more than a match for its enemies, even Iran, and will remain so for a decade or more.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026