abomination

noun

abom·​i·​na·​tion ə-ˌbä-mə-ˈnā-shən 

1

: something regarded with disgust or hatred : something abominable

considered war an abomination

2

: extreme disgust and hatred : loathing

a crime regarded with abomination

Synonyms

• abhorrence
• anathema
• antipathy
• aversion
• bête noire
• detestation
• execration
• hate

Examples of abomination in a Sentence

Some people view the sculpture as art while others see it as an abomination.

most critics decried the remake of the classic film as an abomination

Recent Examples on the Web

One speaker read aloud from the Bible—a bit about how a woman wearing men’s clothing was an abomination. —Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 15 Sep. 2023

Some learned to hate themselves for being born gay, absorbing church leaders’ messages that homosexuality was an abomination in God’s eyes. —The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023

Her physical body is not an abomination but a system that demands the meeting of its needs. —Lorraine Berry, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023

Many books that offered the unvarnished truth of the nation’s racial history — that cast slavery as an abomination — were banned from classrooms, even in some college curriculums. —Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2023

That abomination was four times deadlier than the one in Jacksonville. —The Editors, National Review, 30 Aug. 2023

There are too many variations, wonderfully creative abominations and utter masterpieces in this town to ignore for too long. —Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023

But there can be none for such abominations as Processing or Go. —Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Sep. 2023

Emma Stone is an abomination (compliment) in Yorgos Lanthimos’s follow-up film to The Favourite, called Poor Things, out September 8. —Vulture, 8 June 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Middle English abhomynacioun, borrowed from Anglo-French abhomination, borrowed from Late Latin abōminātiōn-, abōminātiō, from Latin abōminārī "to detest, abominate" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of action nouns

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

abomination

noun

abom·​i·​na·​tion ə-ˌbäm-ə-ˈnā-shən 

1

: something detestable

2

: extreme disgust and hatred : loathing