ETYM Old Eng. abominacioun, -cion, French abominatio. Related to Abominate.
1. The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing.
2. That which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution.
3. A cause of pollution or wickedness. SYN. Detestation; loathing; abhorrence; disgust; aversion; loathsomeness; odiousness.
1. A great fear especially in the face of impending evil
2. Extreme uneasiness in the face of a disagreeable prospect
3. archaic; awe
4. One causing fear or awe
5. Dreadlock
Strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear; SYN. ghostliness.
ETYM Formerly written horrour.
1. Intense and profound fear.
2. Something that inspires horror; something horrible.