Abominations

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Things that are deeply hated or regarded with disgust
2. Entities or actions that provoke strong feelings of repulsion or detestation
3. Objects or events causing intense aversion or moral outrage

Etymology: "Abominations" is the plural of "abomination", a noun for something deeply hated or loathed. The singular entered English in Middle English as "abominacioun", borrowed from Middle French "abomination", meaning horror or disgust, which in turn came from Late Latin "abominatio". Its Latin root is "ab" plus "omen", the sense being that an ill omen was something to be turned away from, though the exact Latin etymology of the root is best treated as traditional rather than settled. The English word and its French and Latin ancestors are doublets of "abominatio" in the Latin sense, meaning that one Latin word has come into English by more than one route, and the two forms sit side by side in the language. The plural simply names several such hated things at once, and its meaning has stayed close to the original sense of strong revulsion.

Synonyms: atrocities, outrages, horrors, aberrations, evils

Antonyms: blessings, virtues, graces, merits, goods