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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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
His regime was an abomination that deserved to fall, regardless of what comes next.
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
An unholy abomination, Orlok is not supposed to be alive, and barely sustains himself with the lifeforce of the young, beautiful and healthy.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
This was seen as an abomination and a catastrophe, not only to the slaveholding South but to nearly all the leading institutional actors of the antebellum republic.
—Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Those focusing on the expansive AI Alignment problem are generally of the view that one means of trying to rein in AI from such abomination would be via the infusing of a suitably safe purpose, see my extensive scrutiny at the link here.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
An unholy abomination, Orlok is not supposed to be alive, and barely sustains himself with the lifeforce of the young, beautiful and healthy.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
This was seen as an abomination and a catastrophe, not only to the slaveholding South but to nearly all the leading institutional actors of the antebellum republic.
—Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Those focusing on the expansive AI Alignment problem are generally of the view that one means of trying to rein in AI from such abomination would be via the infusing of a suitably safe purpose, see my extensive scrutiny at the link here.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abomination
Noun
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Do Trump and Vance and their administration regard Ukraine as an ally and Putin’s Russia as an enemy?—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
18 Feb. 2025
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At the conclusion of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), dictator Francisco Franco declared victory and punished everyone who had opposed him: imprisonment or execution for those at the top of his enemies list and a purge in employment possibilities for others.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2025
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He’s been terrified, in love, hit in the head and, most often, in a state of bitter hatred.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
7 Feb. 2025
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Many worry Musk’s words have given new momentum to far-right figures bent on using the historic abuse, which was primarily carried out by groups of men of mainly Pakistani heritage, to stir racial hatred.—
Nic Robertson,
CNN,
6 Feb. 2025
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One point that has been made is that President Trump, like President Reagan before him, has an abhorrence of nuclear weapons and would like to pursue a policy of denuclearization.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
6 Feb. 2025
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What distinguishes the extreme far-left from the far-right, however, is an abhorrence for meaningless violence, death and terrorism — at least against people, anti-fascists and experts on the movement told USA TODAY.—
Will Carless,
USA TODAY,
5 Jan. 2025
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Half said antisemitism is taken less seriously than other forms of hate and bigotry, according to the report.—
Katie Futterman Las Vegas Review-Journal (TNS),
arkansasonline.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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The promise of two people who will most assuredly shift from hate to love to forever is a draw few can resist.—
Denise Williams,
People.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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Much of Trump’s detestation of the Hollywood establishment is of course performative, one more nemesis to cast in his Sorkinian screenplay.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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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
Noun
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The person with a phobia does not want to be terrified of spiders.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
10 Feb. 2025
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People who seek treatment usually have a debilitating phobia.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN,
2 Feb. 2025
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Trump’s approach to Greenland illustrates a key principle of effective statecraft: leveraging rhetoric to influence allies and adversaries alike.—
Ryan P. Burke,
Orlando Sentinel,
14 Feb. 2025
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The new president and the new Captain America are both allies and adversaries, a dynamic that gets complicated amid what amounts to a Marvel-scale conspiracy thriller.—
Will Harris,
EW.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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During President-elect Donald Trump's first four years in office, Kennedy Center officials were forced to walk a public tightrope between the tradition of the president attending the ceremony and the open antipathy toward Trump from multiple honorees.—
ASHRAF KHALIL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
9 Dec. 2024
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During Donald Trump's first four years in office, Kennedy Center officials were forced to walk a public tightrope between the tradition of the president attending the ceremony and the open antipathy toward Trump from multiple honorees.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Dec. 2024
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“Abomination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abomination. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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