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BNC: 22769 COCA: 19107

abomination

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abomination /əˌbɑːməˈneɪʃən/ noun
plural abominations
abomination
/əˌbɑːməˈneɪʃən/
noun
plural abominations
Learner's definition of ABOMINATION
[count]
: something that causes disgust or hatred令人憎恨的事物;令人生厌的东西
BNC: 22769 COCA: 19107

abomination

noun

abom·​i·​na·​tion ə-ˌbä-mə-ˈnā-shən How to pronounce abomination (audio)
1
: something regarded with disgust or hatred : something abominable
considered war an abomination
2
: extreme disgust and hatred : loathing
a crime regarded with abomination

Example Sentences

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 Even for the sunniest activist, spending two decades on an unpopular campaign to close a brutal human rights abomination can be difficult. Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 6 July 2022 After that abomination of a first quarter, the Celtics are lucky to be down by 11. Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2022 Russia’s bombing of a shopping centre in Kremenchuk is an abomination. Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 27 June 2022 And, at a time of historic inequality, the Trump-G.O.P. tax cuts for the rich were an abomination. John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 1 June 2022 To witness millions living one step away from famine, while there is so much excess, is an abomination. Abby Maxman For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 16 May 2022 From a public health standpoint, the draft decision leaked on Monday is an abomination. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 9 May 2022 From his pulpit Knox preached that female rule was an abomination in the eyes of God. Erin Maglaque, The New York Review of Books, 6 Apr. 2022 Over the course of the 18th century, inoculation transformed in the public imagination from a potential abomination to a gift from God that humans could use to save themselves. Peter Manseau, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Mar. 2022 See More

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

Time Traveler
The first known use of abomination was in the 14th century
BNC: 22769 COCA: 19107

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