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English

Etymology
Old English abominacioun, -cion, Latin abominatio. See abominate

Pronunciation
RP: IPA|/�b�mɪ�neɪ�n/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪ��n|-eɪ��n

Noun
en-noun

1. The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination.
2. That which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution.

#* Antony, most large in his abominations. Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, III-vi

1. A cause of pollution or wickedness.

Synonyms
detestation
loathing
abhorrence
disgust
aversion
loathsomeness
odiousness

Translations
trans-top|the feeling of extreme disgust
Dutch: afschuw, walging
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trans-top|something abominable
Danish: afskyelighed, pestilens, vederstyggelighed
Dutch: (een) afschuwelijk iets
German: (die) Abscheulichkeit
Portuguese: abominação f
Spanish: abominación f, iniquidad f, maldad f
Sumerian: anzillu
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ttbc|Vietnamese: sự ghê t�m, sự kinh t�m, sự ghét cay ghét �ắng, vật kinh t�m, vi�c ghê t�m, hành ��ng �áng ghét
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References
Webster 1913

French

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Spanish

Noun
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