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ABOMINATION

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Dictionary entry overview: What does abomination mean?

• ABOMINATION (noun)
The noun ABOMINATION has 3 senses:

1. a person who is loathsome or disgusting
2. hate coupled with disgust
3. an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence

Familiarity information: ABOMINATION used as a noun is uncommon.

Dictionary entry details

• ABOMINATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A person who is loathsome or disgusting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("abomination" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Hate coupled with disgust

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

abhorrence; detestation; execration; loathing; abomination; odium

Hypernyms ("abomination" is a kind of...):

disgust (strong feelings of dislike)

hate; hatred (the emotion of hate; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

An action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

his treatment of the children is an abomination

Hypernyms ("abomination" is a kind of...):

evildoing; transgression (the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle)

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