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
An animated Minecraft movie that actually looked more like the game (though perhaps prettier) with blocky main characters, simply makes far more sense than this soulless, low-effort abomination.
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
The taste Alvarez showed in his Evil Dead remake and Don’t Breathe for third-act crescendos featuring rampaging abominations and nutty reveals is again in evidence here.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2024
Today, factory farming poses ever-greater threats to society, including the rise of viruses of pandemic potential, climate change, and the moral abomination of large-scale animal slaughter.
—Crystal Heath, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
But this abomination can’t all be pinned on Grifol.
—The Editorial Board, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2024
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
The taste Alvarez showed in his Evil Dead remake and Don’t Breathe for third-act crescendos featuring rampaging abominations and nutty reveals is again in evidence here.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2024
Today, factory farming poses ever-greater threats to society, including the rise of viruses of pandemic potential, climate change, and the moral abomination of large-scale animal slaughter.
—Crystal Heath, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
But this abomination can’t all be pinned on Grifol.
—The Editorial Board, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abomination
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Our job is to give readers an independent, verifiable account of what’s happening, even if the president is calling us enemies of the people or bloodsuckers.Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica, 6 Nov. 2024
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Loos uses a specific enemy, the Aeshi Nero, as a prime example of what the team is going for.Jason Fanelli, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
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As an intimacy grows between Cassie and Bryan, Berryman again dances with shadows of Blanche and Stanley, but with all the hatred removed, the poisons of class and time and gender drained away.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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The hatred isn’t just coming from anonymous fringe posters either.Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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The ambivalence of André and his parents was culturally unexceptional, but Simone’s abhorrence wasn’t.Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
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To assume that liberalism is the only system that can justify or explain an abhorrence of bigotry is to ignore a wealth of moral traditions that are at least equally formative.Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
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The results point to Asian Americans’ sensitivity to the issue of crime and safety due to the uptick of anti-Asian hate during the height of the pandemic that many feel went unaddressed, experts say.Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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He’s finally painted the town in the colors of his mother’s desperate dreams, but there will be no verbal acknowledgment of pride to drown out her final words of hate.Andy Andersen, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
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One of the most memorable chapters epitomizes her detestation for the ultra-wealthy and pompous intellectuals who rushed to rationalize her work.Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 20 Jan. 2024
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Media coverage oscillated wildly between sycophantic applause and puritanical scrutiny - celebrities made to traipse an ephemeral, razor thin line between public adoration and detestation.Colin Scanlon, Redbook, 4 Aug. 2023
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What the current vanguard of intensive parenting appears to reflect is a deepening phobia of diminishing returns.Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024
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In addition to needle phobia, he’s identified several hurdles that stop people from injecting epinephrine sooner.Natallie Rocha, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024
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And, just as significantly, this argument de-emphasizes the possibility of collaborating with adversaries on limiting military AI systems, favoring arms race over arms control.Nir Eisikovits, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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The United States was open for business to its adversaries, without reciprocation.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
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Less frequently observed, at least in my anecdotal observations, are would-be Kamala Harris voters requiring that extra push—largely because their antipathy to Trump is already such a decisive motivational driver.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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In fact, Democratic antipathy has turned many lifelong Democrats who work in crypto into Trump supporters, since the Biden administration has put their livelihoods at risk and treated these entrepreneurs as criminals.Laura Shin, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Abomination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abomination. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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