abomination
pronunciation
How to pronounce abomination in British English:
UK [əˌbɒmɪˈneɪʃn]
How to pronounce abomination in American English:
US [əˌbɑmɪˈneɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- a person who is loathsome or disgusting
- hate coupled with disgust
- an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorence
Word Origin
- abomination (n.)
- 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." Doubtless, 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]
Example
- 1. The word abomination makes me think of things that are unnatural and immoral .
- 2. Being late is such an abomination in sweden it is simply not tolerated .
- 3. Many religious people say homosexuality is an abomination . They base their viewpoint on the words of the bible .
- 4. Put this way , sipping coffee sounds more like an abomination than the world 's most accepted form of drug abuse .
- 5. When claiming that the bible forbids homosexuality , most people point to leviticus 18:22 which reads , " thou shalt not lie with mankind , as with womankind : it is an abomination . "