abomination.

something regarded as intensely hateful, disgusting, or morally repellent

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Words that belong together

• hideous abomination
• an abomination to
• regard as an abomination

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The villagers called the stitched creature an abomination.

To the priest, the desecrated shrine was an abomination.

She refused to give the abomination a human name.

Usage notes

Primary curation section: Horror. Names the object of revulsion, not merely the emotion. Can be moral condemnation or a literal monstrous thing; strongly negative. Plural: abominations. Related verb: abominate.