All 13 Uses
abominable
in
Things Fall Apart
(Edited)
- He died of the swelling which was an abomination to the earth goddess.
p. 18.2abomination = something that is exceptionally bad or detestable
- The sickness was an abomination to the earth, and so the victim could not be buried in her bowels.
p. 18.4
- "Somebody told me yesterday," said one of the younger men, "that in some clans it is an abomination for a man to die during the Week of Peace."
p. 31.9
- The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others.
p. 141.2
- To abandon the gods of one's father and go about with a lot of effeminate men clucking like old hens was the very depth of abomination.
p. 153.1
- These outcasts, or osu, seeing that the new religion welcomed twins and such abominations, thought that it was possible that they would also be received.
p. 155.8 *abominations = things that are exceptionally bad or detestable
- Okonkwo, who had begun to play a part in the affairs of his motherland, said that until the abominable gang was chased out of the village with whips there would be no peace.
p. 158.4abominable = exceptionally bad or detestable
- We would then not be held accountable for their abominations.
p. 159.3abominations = things that are exceptionally bad or detestable
- An abominable religion has settled among you.
p. 167.6abominable = exceptionally bad or detestable
- You have all seen the great abomination of your brother.
p. 172.5abomination = something that is exceptionally bad or detestable
- It has bred untold abominations and we have come to put an end to it.
p. 190.6abominations = things that are exceptionally bad or detestable
- Our dead fathers are weeping because of the shameful sacrilege they are suffering and the abomination we have all seen with our eyes.
p. 203.5abomination = something that is exceptionally bad or detestable
- It is an abomination for a man to take his own life.
p. 207.8
Definitions:
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(1)
(abominable) exceptionally bad or intensely disliked
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)