abomination

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English

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Etymology

From Middle English abominacioun, from Middle French abomination (“horror, disgust”), from Late Latin abōminātiō, abōminātiōnem (“abomination”)[1] Doublet of abominatio.

Pronunciation

Noun

abomination (countable and uncountable, plural abominations)

  1. (countable) An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit. [2]
    Synonym: perversion
    • c. 1606–1607 (date written), 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.
  2. (uncountable) The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred [2]
    Synonyms: abhorrence, aversion, detestation, disgust, loathing, loathsomeness, odiousness
  3. (obsolete, uncountable) A state that excites detestation or abhorrence; pollution. [2]
  4. (countable) That which is abominable, shamefully vile; an object that excites disgust and hatred (often with religious undertones). [2]
    • 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.
    • 2025 June 3, David Smith, quoting Elon Musk, “Elon Musk calls Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax bill a ‘disgusting abomination’”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:
      Elon Musk, the billionaire tech entrepreneur, has opened a new rift with Donald Trump by denouncing the US president’s tax and spending bill as a “disgusting abomination”.

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References

  1. ^ 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. ↑ 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)

  1. something vile and abominable; an abomination
  2. (chiefly religion) revulsion, abomination, disgust

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