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How to pronounce abomination in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms abhorrence, detestation, execration, loathing, odium
Type of hatred, hate, disgust
Derivation abominate
Type Words
Type of transgression, evildoing
Derivation abominate


his treatment of the children is an abomination.
Type Words
Type of mortal, somebody, someone, soul, individual, person
Derivation abominate

Examples of abomination

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This abomination of a display was a disgrace to the good name of rugby football.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Super-PACs may be an abomination, but what if no one pays any attention to them?
From the dailyherald.com
It would seem you and your ilk are the ones obsessing over abomination activity.
From the latimes.com
The Khmer Rouge forced Muslims to eat pork, which they regard as an abomination.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Handguns, and I have said this so many times, are an abomination in this society.
From the denverpost.com
One might be to close that abomination, the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay.
From the sacbee.com
The only way to get rid the world of the NASCAR abomination is to cancel it asap.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Blame this abomination on corporate America, and the military industrial complex.
From the boston.com
What about the abomination that these women performed upon this house of worship?
From the economist.com
More examples
  • A person who is loathsome or disgusting
  • Abhorrence: hate coupled with disgust
  • An action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence; "his treatment of the children is an abomination"
  • (abominate) abhor: find repugnant; "I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats"
  • The Abomination (Emil Blonsky) is a fictional character, a supervillain that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appears in Tales to Astonish #90 (April 1967), and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Gil Kane.
  • Abomination, in the context of the Dune series written by Frank Herbert, refers to one who acquires full consciousness as a fetus as a result of being exposed to the ritual spice agony, gaining all their ancestral memories before birth (these individuals are also referred to as "pre-born" in ...
  • 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 (1998) is a novel by writer Robert Swindells.
  • The Abomination is a 2000 first novel by Paul Golding.