ABOMINATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does abomination mean? 

• ABOMINATION (noun)
  The noun ABOMINATION has 3 senses:

1. a person who is loathsome or disgusting

2. hate coupled with disgust

3. an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence

  Familiarity information: ABOMINATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABOMINATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who is loathsome or disgusting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("abomination" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Derivation:

abominate (find repugnant)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Hate coupled with disgust

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

abhorrence; abomination; detestation; execration; loathing; odium

Hypernyms ("abomination" is a kind of...):

disgust (strong feelings of dislike)

hate; hatred (the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action)

Derivation:

abominate (find repugnant)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

his treatment of the children is an abomination

Hypernyms ("abomination" is a kind of...):

evildoing; transgression (the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle)

Derivation:

abominate (find repugnant)

 Context examples 

Of the French officers they could not have spoken with more chivalry, as of worthy foemen, but the nation was an abomination to them.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I have a caseful of cigarettes here which need smoking, and the sofa is very much superior to the usual country hotel abomination.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)