Word
abominator
Phoneticsabom·i·na·tor
UK/ɐbˈɒmɪnˌeɪtɐ/
Definition
n. 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.
Examples
“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.”
Examples
simple
“The king was called an abominator by his enemies.”
contextual
“In the ancient manuscript, the prophet warns the people against the abominator who seeks to destroy the temple.”
complex
“The term abominator is rarely used in contemporary legal discourse, having been supplanted by more neutral descriptors of criminal behavior and moral failing.”
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin abōminātor. By surface analysis, abominate + -or.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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