different between disgusting vs abomination

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /d?s?k?st??/, /d?s???st??/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /d?s???st??/
• Hyphenation: dis?gust?ing

Adjective

disgusting (comparative disgustinger or more disgusting, superlative disgustingest or most disgusting)

1. Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.

   Synonyms: distasteful, gro, grody, grotty, repulsive; see also Thesaurus:unpleasant

   • 1975 December 10, P.J. Bednarski, "Tis the season to be risque in TV spots" in The Dayton Journal Herald

     But it is much more sensible and much more fun and much more disgusting to assume that the English Leather woman is really saying "All my men wear English leather or nothing at all.".

Translations

Verb

disgusting

1. present participle of disgust

English

Alternative forms

• abhomination (obsolete)
• abominacioun (obsolete)

Etymology

First attested around 1350. From Middle English abominacioun, from Middle French abomination (“horror, disgust”), from Late Latin ab?min?ti? (“abomination”); ab (“away from”) + ?min?r? (“prophesy, foreboding”), from ?men (“omen”). Doublet of abominatio.abominate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /??b?m.??ne?.?n?/, /??b?m.??ne?.?n?/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

abomination (countable and uncountable, plural abominations)

1. (countable) An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]
2. (uncountable) The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

   Synonyms: abhorrence, aversion, detestation, disgust, loathing, loathsomeness, odiousness

3. (obsolete, uncountable) A state that excites detestation or abhorrence; pollution. [Attested from around 1350-1470 to the late 15^th century.]
4. (countable) That which is abominable, shamefully vile; an object that excites disgust and hatred; very often with religious undertones. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

   Synonym: perversion

Translations

References

• abomination in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Etymology

From Late Latin abominationem

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.b?.mi.na.sj??/

Noun

abomination f (plural abominations)

1. Something vile and abominable; an abomination.
2. (chiefly religion) Revulsion, abomination, disgust.

Further reading

• “abomination” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).