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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English abominacioun, from Middle French abomination (“horror, disgust”), from Late Latin abōminātiō, abōminātiōnem (“abomination”) Doublet of abominatio.
Pronunciation
Noun
abomination (countable and uncountable, plural abominations)
- (countable) An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit.
- Synonym: perversion
c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 354, columns 1–2:Onely th’adulterous Anthony, most large / In his abhominations, turnes you off
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 160:Religious sodomy was practised by male prostitutes in the Hebrew temple groves, which was one of the abominations of Israel that Josiah cleared away.
- (uncountable) The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred
- Synonyms: abhorrence, aversion, detestation, disgust, loathing, loathsomeness, odiousness
- (obsolete, uncountable) A state that excites detestation or abhorrence; pollution.
- (countable) That which is abominable, shamefully vile; an object that excites disgust and hatred (often with religious undertones).
2012, Kathleen Jenks, “Cronus”, in Brian Kinsey, editor, Gods and Goddesses of Greece and Rome, →ISBN, page 61:Appalled by a child she found hideous, Philyra begged the gods to free her from having to rear such an abomination.
Derived terms
Translations
abominable act
- Azerbaijani: iyrənclik
- Catalan: abominació f
- Dutch: gruwel (nl) m
- Esperanto: abomenaĵo
- French: abomination (fr) f
- German: Gräuel (de) m, Greuel (de) m (pre-1996 spelling), verabscheuungswürdige Tat f, widerwärtiges Benehmen n, Abscheulichkeit (de) f, Grässlichkeit f, Gräßlichkeit f (pre-1996 spelling), Scheußlichkeit (de) f, Scheusslichkeit (de) f (Switzerland, Liechtenstein), abscheuliches Laster n
- Greek:
- Ancient: βδέλυγμα n (bdélugma)
- Hebrew: תועבה \ תוֹעֵבָה (he) f (toevá), שקץ \ שֶׁקֶץ (he) m (shékets)
- Latin: āctus abōminābilis m
- Portuguese: abominação (pt) f
- Russian: ме́рзость (ru) f inan (mérzostʹ)
- Spanish: abominación (es) f
- Swedish: styggelse (sv) c
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feeling of extreme disgust
- Azerbaijani: ikrah
- Bulgarian: отвращение (bg) n (otvraštenie), ненавист (bg) f (nenavist)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 厭惡/厌恶 (zh) (yànwù)
- Czech: odpor (cs) m, zhnusení n
- Dutch: afschuw (nl) m, walging (nl) f, afgrijzen (nl) n, gruwel (nl) m, abominatie (nl) f
- Esperanto: abomeno (eo)
- French: abomination (fr) f
- Georgian: ზიზღი (zizɣi)
- German: Abscheu (de) m or f, Verabscheuung f
- Hungarian: undor (hu), utálat (hu), utálkozás (hu), iszony (hu), iszonyodás (hu)
- Japanese: 嫌悪 (ja) (けんお, ken'o)
- Polish: abominacja (pl) f
- Portuguese: abominação (pt) f, repugnância (pt) f
- Romanian: aversiune (ro) f
- Russian: отвраще́ние (ru) n (otvraščénije), омерзе́ние (ru) n (omerzénije)
- Slovak: hnus m, odpor m
- Spanish: abominación (es) f, repugnancia (es) f, aborrecimiento (es) m
- Swedish: avsky (sv) c
- Turkish: tiksinme (tr), iğrenme (tr)
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something abominable
- Catalan: abominació f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 厭惡/厌恶 (zh) (yànwù)
- Czech: odpornost f, ohavnost f
- Danish: afskyelighed c, pestilens c, vederstyggelighed c
- Dutch: (een) afschuwelijk iets, gruwel (nl) m, abominatie (nl) f
- Esperanto: abomenaĵo
- Finnish: iljetys (fi)
- French: abomination (fr) f
- Georgian: საზიზღრობა (sazizɣroba)
- German: Abscheulichkeit (de) f
- Greek: βδέλυγμα (el) n (vdélygma), έκτρωμα (el) n (éktroma), εξάμβλωμα (el) n (exámvloma)
- Ancient: βδέλυγμα n (bdélugma)
- Icelandic: viðurstyggð
- Italian: abominio (it) m, abominazione f
- Latin: abōminātiō f
- Lithuanian: bjaurastis
- Malay: kekejian
- Mongolian: жигшүүртэй (žigšüürtej)
- Portuguese: abominação (pt) f
- Romanian: abominațiune f
- Russian: га́дость (ru) f (gádostʹ), ме́рзость (ru) f (mérzostʹ)
- Slovak: ohavnosť f
- Spanish: abominación (es) f, maldad (es) f
- Sumerian: 𒀭𒉣𒈝 (an.zil.lu4 /anzillu/)
- Swedish: avskyvärdhet (sv) c, styggelse (sv) c
- Thai: สิ่งที่น่ารังเกียจ
- Turkish: iğrençlik (tr)
- Welsh: ffieiddbeth m
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References
- ^ Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 , →ISBN), page 4
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abomination”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.
Further reading
French
Etymology
From Late Latin abōminātiōnem.
Pronunciation
Noun
abomination f (plural abominations)
- something vile and abominable; an abomination
- (chiefly religion) revulsion, abomination, disgust
Further reading