abominationEnglishOxford American Thesaurusabomination noun 1 in both wars, internment was an abomination: atrocity, disgrace, horror, obscenity, outrage, curse, torment, evil, crime, monstrosity, violation, bugbear, anathema, bane; French bête noire. 2 he had a Calvinist abomination of indulgence: detestation, loathing, hatred, aversion, antipathy, revulsion, repugnance, abhorrence, odium, execration, disgust, horror, hostility, disdain, contempt, distaste, dislike. ▷antonyms liking, love.