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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
abomination
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ I never cook with that abomination called "cooking wine."
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ His ruling may have been an abomination, but it was neither a high crime nor a misdemeanor.
▪ I tried to shut out these abominations and concentrate on Marine One seat assignments.
▪ To be perfectly honest, the place is an eyesore, an abomination.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abomination

Abomination \A*bom`i*na"tion\, n. [OE. abominacioun, -cion, F. abominatio. See Abominate.]

  1. The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination.

  2. That which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution.

    Antony, most large in his abominations.
    --Shak.

  3. A cause of pollution or wickedness.

    Syn: Detestation; loathing; abhorrence; disgust; aversion; loathsomeness; odiousness.
    --Sir W. Scott.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
abomination

early 14c., "abominable thing or action;" late 14c., "feeling of disgust, hatred, loathing," from Old French abominacion "abomination, horror, repugnance, disgust" (13c.), from Latin abominationem (nominative abominatio) "abomination," noun of action from past participle stem of abominari "shun as an ill omen," from ab- "off, away from" (see ab-) + omin-, stem of omen (see omen). Meaning intensified by folk etymology derivation from Latin ab homine "away from man," thus "beastly."\n\nDoubtless, the life of an Irregular is hard; but the interests of the Greater Number require that it shall be hard. If a man with a triangular front and a polygonal back were allowed to exist and to propagate a still more Irregular posterity, what would become of the arts of life? Are the houses and doors and churches in Flatland to be altered in order to accommodate such monsters?

[Edwin Abbot, "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions," 1885]

Wiktionary
abomination

n. 1 An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit. (First attested around 1150 to 1350.)(R:SOED5: page=6) 2 The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing. (First attested around 1350 to 1470.) 3 (context obsolete English) A state that excites detestation or abhorrence; pollution. (Attested from around (1350 - 1470) to the late 15th century.) 4 That which is abominable, shamefully vile; an object that excites disgust and hatred; very often with religious undertones. (First attested around 1350 to 1470.)

WordNet
abomination
  1. n. a person who is loathsome or disgusting

  2. hate coupled with disgust [syn: abhorrence, detestation, execration, loathing, odium]

  3. an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorence; "his treatment of the children is an abomination"

Wikipedia
Abomination

Abomination may refer to:

  • Abomination (Bible), covering Biblical references
  • Abomination (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain
  • Abomination (Dune), from Frank Herbert's Dune series, a fetus who has become conscious before birth
  • Abomination (Dungeons & Dragons), the offspring of deities and some other being in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game
  • Abomination: The Nemesis Project, a 1999 real time strategy computer game
  • Abomination (novel), a 1998 novel by Robert Swindells
  • The Abomination, a 2000 novel by Paul Golding
  • Abomination, a vampire/werewolf hybrid from the game Werewolf: The Apocalypse
  • The Abomination, a Dalek species in the Doctor Who science fiction series
  • Abomination (band), a death/thrash metal band from Chicago, IL
Abomination (comics)

The Abomination (Emil Blonsky) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Tales to Astonish #90 (April 1967), and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Gil Kane, to be the rival of the Hulk.

Debuting in the Silver Age of Comic Books, the Abomination has been featured in other Marvel-endorsed products such as arcade and video games, animated television series, merchandise such as action figures and trading cards, and the 2008 film The Incredible Hulk where he was portrayed by Tim Roth.

In 2009, the Abomination was ranked as IGN's 54th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.

Abomination (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, abominations are the unwanted offspring of a deity and some other being. Abominations are immortal, spiteful, destructive creatures of immense power. Abominations are epic monsters.

Abomination (novel)

Abomination is a 1998 novel by the author Robert Swindells, dealing with themes of religious extremism, adolescence, bullying, and relationships, as well as integrating the intriguing question of what its title refers to.

Abomination (Bible)

Abomination (from Latin abominare, "to deprecate as an ill omen") is an English term used to translate the Biblical Hebrew terms shiqquwts ("shiqqûts") and sheqets שקץ, which are derived from shâqats, or the terms תֹּועֵבָה, tōʻēḇā or to'e'va (noun) or ta'ev (verb). An abomination in English is that which is exceptionally loathsome, hateful, sinful, wicked, or vile.

The Biblical words usually translated as "abomination" do not always convey the same sense of moral exceptionalism as the English term does today, as it often may signify that which is forbidden or unclean according to the religion (especially sheqets). Linguistically in this case, it may be closer in meaning to the Polynesian term taboo or tapu, signifying that which is forbidden, and should not be eaten, and or not touched, and which sometimes was a capital crime. The word most often translated "abomination" to denote grave moral offenses is Tōʻēḇā. This article examines the term as it is used in English translations of the Bible, and also the actual senses of the words which are being translated into this term in English.

The term shiqquwts is translated abomination by almost all translations of the Bible. The similar words, sheqets, and shâqats, are almost exclusively used for dietary violations.

The most often used but different Hebrew term, tōʻēḇā, is also translated as abomination in the Authorized King James Version, and sometimes in the NASB. Many modern versions of the Bible (including the NIV and NET) translate it detestable; the NAB translates it loathsome. It is mainly used to denote idolatry; and in many other cases it refers to inherently evil things such as illicit sex, lying, murder, deceit, etc.; and for unclean foods.

Another word which can signify that which is abhorred is zâ‛am. There are less used Hebrew words with a similar conveyance, as well as Greek terms for such.

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Usage examples of "abomination".

The abomination of it all, the vengeance of destiny which exacted this sacrilege, filled her with such a feeling of revolt that at the moment when vertigo was about to seize her and the flooring began to flee from beneath her feet, she was lashed by it and kept erect.

She often returned home pale and silent, having reached the uttermost depths of human abomination, and never daring to say all.

I had not tried to get myself on the uneditable tape, to provide the watchers some clue about where this abomination was taking place .

The abomination could only be a Cishaurim spy, ergo Achamian is connected to the Cishaurim.

It sometimes seemed the abomination spoke from every mouth, watched from all eyes.

With bestial grace, the Scylvendi pounded the abomination, pressing him back.

She had survived the abomination of her childhood by choosing solitude.

Every abomination and sacrilege that is conceivable has been practiced.

The Tusk tells us that there is no greater abomination than the False Prophet.

Sometimes Kellhus seemed such an abomination that the gulf between Scylvendi and Inrithi threatened to disappearparticularly where Proyas was concerned.

Martemus had already resolved to kick the abomination to the groundafterward .

To her all the wreckage of the slums, all the woe lying beneath gilded life, all the abominations, all the tortures that remain unknown, were carried.

Then all the satisfaction she had derived from what she had heard Madame Bourdieu say departed, and she went off furious and ashamed, as if soiled and threatened by all the vague abominations which she had for some time felt around her, without knowing, however, whence came the little chill which made her shudder as with dread.

Probably these things counted as abominations, crimes against the common humanity in the Constitution.

Sranc, Bashrags, Dragons, all the abominations of the Inchoroi, are artifacts of the Tekne, the Old Science, created long, long ago, when the Nonmen still ruled Earwa.