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abomination

(əbɒmɪneɪʃən)
Word forms: plural abominations
countable noun
If you say that something is an abomination, you think that it is completely unacceptable.
[formal, disapproval]
What is happening is an abomination.
Synonyms: outrage, bête noire, horror, evil More Synonyms of abomination
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abomination in British English

(əˌbɒmɪˈneɪʃən)
noun
1. 
a person or thing that is disgusting
2. 
an action that is vicious, vile, etc
3. 
intense loathing

abomination in American English

(əˌbɑməˈneɪʃən)
noun
1. 
an abominating; great hatred and disgust; loathing
2. 
anything hateful and disgusting

Synonyms of 'abomination'

outrage, bête noire, horror, evil
hatred, hate, horror, disgust
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1 (noun) 
What is happening is an abomination.
Synonyms
outrage
The terrorists' latest outrage is a bomb attack on a busy station.
bête noire
Our real bête noire is the car-boot sale.
horror
the horror of this most bloody of civil wars
evil
Racism is one of the greatest evils in the world.
shame
plague (informal)
the cynicism which is the plague of our generation
curse
She has worked hard to reverse the curse of racism.
disgrace
crime
He has committed no crime and poses no danger to the public.
atrocity
Those who committed this atrocity should be punished.
torment
anathema
Violence was anathema to them.
barbarism
Not the death penalty: barbarism must not be met with barbarism.
bugbear
Money is my biggest bugbear.
2 (noun) 
He had become an object of abomination.
Synonyms
hatred
He has been accused of stirring up hatred between nations.
hate
eyes that held a look of hate
horror
his horror of snakes
disgust
A look of disgust came over his face.
dislike
The two women viewed each other with dislike and suspicion.
loathing
She looked at him with loathing.
distaste
He looked at her with distaste.
animosity
There's a long history of animosity between the two nations.
aversion
Many people have an aversion to insects.
revulsion
His voice was filled with revulsion.
antagonism
antipathy
She'd often spoken of her antipathy towards London.
enmity
The two countries erupted into open enmity during the Gulf war.
ill will
He didn't bear anyone any ill will.
animus
He displayed a thorough animus to the Western tradition.
abhorrence
They are anxious to show their abhorrence of racism.
repugnance
She felt a deep sense of repugnance.
odium (formal)
She has been exposed to public odium and scandal.
detestation
They were united in their detestation of the government.
execration

Additional synonyms

in the sense of abhorrence
They are anxious to show their abhorrence of racism.
Synonyms
hatred,
hate,
horror,
disgust,
loathing,
distaste,
animosity,
aversion,
revulsion,
antipathy,
enmity,
abomination,
repugnance,
odium (formal),
detestation,
execration
in the sense of anathema
Definition
a detested person or thing
Violence was anathema to them.
Synonyms
abomination,
bête noire,
enemy,
pariah,
bane,
bugbear
in the sense of animosity
Definition
a powerful dislike or hostility
There's a long history of animosity between the two nations.
Synonyms
hostility,
hate,
hatred,
resentment,
bitterness,
malice,
antagonism,
antipathy,
enmity,
acrimony,
rancour,
bad blood,
ill will,
animus,
malevolence,
virulence,
malignity

Nearby words of
abomination

  • abominable
  • abominably
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  • abomination
  • aboriginal
  • aborigine
  • abort

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