abominator
n. countablen. a person who is very evil or wicked. It is a very old word that you will almost never see in modern books.
n. a person who is wicked, evil, or morally corrupt. Archaic in modern usage; primarily found in historical or religious texts.
The king was called an abominator by his enemies.
In the ancient manuscript, the prophet warns the people against the abominator who seeks to destroy the temple.
The term abominator is rarely used in contemporary legal discourse, having been supplanted by more neutral descriptors of criminal behavior and moral failing.
Borrowed from Latin abōminātor. By surface analysis, abominate + -or.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Verbabominate
- Nounabominator
Last updated May 18, 2026