Synonyms for abomination
Most common
disgust loathing abhorrence detestation perversion defilement plague
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Abhorrence — the feeling of extreme disgust and hatred
abhorrence, disgust, detestation, loathing, evil, horror, atrocity, shame, aversion, iniquity, hatred, disdain, villainy, nausea, antipathy, odium, execration, ug, odiousness, loathsomeness, wickedness, dislike
2. Perversion
perversion, defilement, corruption, pollution, contamination
Definitions
- n. 1
The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred
- n. 2
An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit.
Related words
- Word family
- abominable
Forms
- Plural
- abominations → abhorrences, detestations, loathings, evils…
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The word is oftener applied to the object of such aversion or abhorrence than to the state of mind that so regards it; in common use abomination signifies something very much disliked or loathed, or that deserves to be.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- disgust I don't hate you anymore. Now you just disgust me.
- loathing I had taken a loathing to my gentleman at first sight.
- abhorrence I yield to no one in abhorrence of violence.
- perversion Your red cheeks give away your perversion.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| abomination | rising | |
| disgust | rising | |
| loathing | rising | |
| abhorrence | steady | |
| detestation | steady | |
| perversion | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 2 letters
- ug
- 4 letters
- evil2
- 5 letters
- shame1, odium
- 6 letters
- horror2, hatred2, plague1, nausea3
- 7 letters
- dislike2, disgust2, disdain2
- 8 letters
- loathing2, aversion3, atrocity4, iniquity4, villainy
- 9 letters
- pollution3, annoyance3, antipathy4
- 10 letters
- corruption3, wickedness3, perversion3, abhorrence3, defilement, execration, odiousness
- 11 letters
- detestation
- 13 letters
- contamination5, loathsomeness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (evil2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- abomination
- Español
- abominación