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noun
  1. The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in .
  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.
Translations:
  • Dutch: (een) afschuwelijk iets
  • German: (die) Abscheulichkeit
  • Spanish: abominación , iniquidad , maldad
Etymology: Old English abominacioun, -cion, Latin abominatio. See abominate

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