abomination

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Old English abominacioun, -cion, Latin abominatio. See abominate

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Singular
abomination

Plural
abominations

abomination (plural abominations)

  1. The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination.
  2. That which is abominable, shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; very often with religious undertones.
    • Antony, most large in his abominations. Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, III-vi

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abomination f. (plural abominations)

  1. Something vile and abominable; an abomination.
  2. (chiefly religion) Revulsion, abomination, disgust.