1
as in enemy
something or someone that is hated
most critics decried the remake of the classic film as an abomination
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2
as in hatred
a very strong dislike
the townspeople have such an abomination of taxes that they have even voted down increases that would have given their schools badly needed funds
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Recent Examples of abomination
City Council members and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams are calling the NYPD’s gang database a civil rights abomination that must be obliterated.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025
Their power play has been an abomination for a few years now.
—Arthur Staple, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
Biden had called the warrants an abomination, and Trump’s national security adviser, Mike Waltz, has accused the court of having an antisemitic bias.
—Darlene Superville, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
We are told that Saudi Arabia still conditions peace with Israel on the creation of one, and voices across the West might leave a listener thinking that anything else would be a historical abomination.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025
Their power play has been an abomination for a few years now.
—Arthur Staple, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
Biden had called the warrants an abomination, and Trump’s national security adviser, Mike Waltz, has accused the court of having an antisemitic bias.
—Darlene Superville, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
We are told that Saudi Arabia still conditions peace with Israel on the creation of one, and voices across the West might leave a listener thinking that anything else would be a historical abomination.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abomination
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Volunteer historians and re-enactors will share living history of a small portion of Napoleon’s French Grande Army and the empire’s enemies, Britain, Austria, Prussia and their allies, on campaign in Spain.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 May 2025
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Dog Man must then foil the evil plans of his enemy, Petey, an orange cat (voiced by Pete Davidson), who clones himself in an effort to create a criminal sidekick but ends up with a curious kitten, Li’l Petey (Lucas Hopkins Calderon) instead.—
Danielle Directo-Meston,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2025
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Heiss said that nothing would be so devastating as to have earned Prima’s hatred.—
Lillian Fishman,
New Yorker,
4 May 2025
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While Brandon Hagel has been suspended and a number of jarring hits have taken place, there is another level of intensity and hatred around the corner.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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The reactions from right-of-center publications divide into roughly four camps, aligning on a spectrum ranging from vocal approval to outright abhorrence.—
Zack Beauchamp,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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Tolin doesn’t candy coat the animosity, helping children to understand how artists and Others continue to be misunderstood and how that lack of appreciation fuels abhorrence.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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The woman interviewed by the Associated Press and the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, called on police to investigate the assault as a hate incident.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2025
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The threat of terror continues because terror has existed as long as curiosity and fear, love and hate, light and dark—as long as the human heart has beat.—
Viet Thanh Nguyễn,
Time,
28 Apr. 2025
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Between the lines: Many undecideds are painfully trying to balance their sense of obligation with their detestation for Trump, as USA Today first detailed on Thursday.—
Erin Doherty,
Axios,
14 Dec. 2024
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One of the most memorable chapters epitomizes her detestation for the ultra-wealthy and pompous intellectuals who rushed to rationalize her work.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
20 Jan. 2024
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Common causes of noise phobias include fireworks, gunshots, vacuums and fire alarms.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
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Despite its name, photophobia is not a phobia or a fear of lights.—
Lana Barhum,
Verywell Health,
7 Apr. 2025
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They are designed to evade an adversary's missile warning sensors.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
26 Apr. 2025
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Those strongmen have won legitimate elections but then stacked the democratic decks in their favor by rewarding allies, punishing adversaries, crippling the media and civil society, and turning the state into an instrument of their own agenda and political preservation.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
25 Apr. 2025
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But the party’s fortunes have since improved amid growing Canadian antipathy toward Trump and his policies.—
Olivia Kemp,
CNN,
14 Mar. 2025
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President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to enact mass deportations — and his famous antipathy toward Chicago — have girded local immigration activists for the immediate aftermath of his inauguration.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Abomination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abomination. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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