Dictionary

abomination en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əˌbɒ.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /əˌbɑ.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ (US)
• /əˌbɑ.məˈneɪ.ʃən/ weak vowel merger
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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable) An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit.
   • Onely th’adulterous Anthony, most large / In his abhominations, turnes you off 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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vi], page 354, columns 1–2:
   • Religious sodomy was practised by male prostitutes in the Hebrew temple groves, which was one of the abominations of Israel that Josiah cleared away. 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 160:
2. (uncountable) The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred
3. (obsolete, uncountable) A state that excites detestation or abhorrence; pollution.
4. (countable) That which is abominable, shamefully vile; an object that excites disgust and hatred (often with religious undertones).
   • 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”. 2025 June 3, David Smith, quoting Elon Musk, “Elon Musk calls Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax bill a ‘disgusting abomination’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • Appalled by a child she found hideous, Philyra begged the gods to free her from having to rear such an abomination. 2012, Kathleen Jenks, “Cronus”, in Brian Kinsey, editor, Gods and Goddesses of Greece and Rome, →ISBN, page 61:

Forms

Coordinates

anathema · reprobate

Deriveds

abominationly · Obamanation

Relateds

abominable

Synonyms

perversion · abhorrence · odiousness · aversion · loathing · detestation · loathsomeness · disgust

Translations (109)

ca abominació (abominable act) · el βδέλυγμα (something abominable) · de verabscheuungswürdige Tat (abominable act) · sk hnus (feeling of extreme disgust) · grc βδέλυγμα (abominable act) · hu utálat (feeling of extreme disgust) · sk odpor (feeling of extreme disgust) · de Abscheu (feeling of extreme disgust) · bg мерзост (abominable act) · sk ohavnosť (something abominable) · de Grässlichkeit (abominable act) · pl abominacja (feeling of extreme disgust) · nl gruwel (feeling of extreme disgust) · fi kauheus (abominable act) · cs ohavnost (something abominable) · bg отвращение (feeling of extreme disgust) · de Abscheulichkeit (something abominable) · tr iğrenme (feeling of extreme disgust) · el εξάμβλωμα (something abominable) · cmn 厭惡 /厌恶 (feeling of extreme disgust) · de Gräßlichkeit (abominable act) · es abominación (feeling of extreme disgust) · es abominación (abominable act) · ru ме́рзость (abominable act) · nl abominatie (feeling of extreme disgust) · de Scheusslichkeit (abominable act) · sv styggelse (abominable act) · it abominazione (something abominable) · de abscheuliches Laster (abominable act) · sv avsky (feeling of extreme disgust) · cs ohavnost (abominable act) · da afskyelighed (something abominable) · nl gruwel (something abominable) · ru га́дость (something abominable) · hu iszonyodás (feeling of extreme disgust) · ja 嫌悪 (feeling of extreme disgust) · pt abominação (abominable act) · nl afgrijzen (feeling of extreme disgust) · tr iğrençlik (something abominable) · de Gräuel (abominable act) · ka ზიზღი (feeling of extreme disgust) · ru ме́рзость (something abominable) · lt bjaurastis (something abominable) · tr tiksinme (feeling of extreme disgust) · sux 𒀭𒉣𒈝 (something abominable) · mk грозотија (abominable act) · de widerwärtiges Benehmen (abominable act) · ro aversiune (feeling of extreme disgust) · hu iszony (feeling of extreme disgust) · az ikrah (feeling of extreme disgust) · pt abominação (something abominable) · sv avskyvärdhet (something abominable) · pt abominação (feeling of extreme disgust) · ru отвраще́ние (feeling of extreme disgust) · eo abomenaĵo (abominable act) · hu utálkozás (feeling of extreme disgust) · ro abominațiune (something abominable) · cs zvrácenost (abominable act) · cs odpornost (something abominable) · bg мерзавщина (abominable act) · cmn 厭惡 /厌恶 (something abominable) · ru омерзе́ние (feeling of extreme disgust) · ka საზიზღრობა (something abominable) · pt repugnância (feeling of extreme disgust) · he תוֹעֵבָה (abominable act) · bg мерзост (something abominable) · az iyrənclik (abominable act) · he שֶׁקֶץ (abominable act) · nl gruwel (abominable act) · bg ненавист (feeling of extreme disgust) · grc βδέλυγμα (something abominable) · de Abscheulichkeit (abominable act) · fr abomination (feeling of extreme disgust) · es aborrecimiento (feeling of extreme disgust) · is viðurstyggð (something abominable) · ms kekejian (something abominable) · da pestilens (something abominable) · sv styggelse (something abominable) · it abominio (something abominable) · nl (een) afschuwelijk iets (something abominable) · fr abomination (abominable act) · la āctus abōminābilis (abominable act) · eo abomeno (feeling of extreme disgust) · cs odpor (feeling of extreme disgust) · nl walging (feeling of extreme disgust) · de Verabscheuung (feeling of extreme disgust) · cs nehoráznost (abominable act) · fi iljetys (feeling of extreme disgust) · fr abomination (something abominable) · el έκτρωμα (something abominable) · ca abominació (something abominable) · da vederstyggelighed (something abominable) · de Scheußlichkeit (abominable act) · eo abomenaĵo (something abominable) · de Greuel (abominable act) · la abōminātiō (something abominable) · hu undor (feeling of extreme disgust) · es abominación (something abominable) · th สิ่งที่น่ารังเกียจ (something abominable) · itk אַגְרוֹוִיאוֹ (something abominable) · itk אַגְרוֹוִיאַה (something abominable) · fi iljetys (something abominable) · nl afschuw (feeling of extreme disgust) · cy ffieiddbeth (something abominable) · es repugnancia (feeling of extreme disgust) · cs zhnusení (feeling of extreme disgust) · mn жигшүүртэй (something abominable) · nl abominatie (something abominable) · es maldad (something abominable)

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