What is another word for gomorrah?

Pronunciation: [ɡˈɒmɒɹə] (IPA)

Gomorrah is a biblical city that was destroyed along with Sodom due to the widespread wickedness of its inhabitants. The word has become synonymous with depravity, vice, and immorality. There are many synonyms for Gomorrah that people may use to describe a place or person displaying depravity. Some of these words include: corruption, decay, degeneracy, decadence, hedonism, licentiousness, debauchery, promiscuity, and vice. These words all describe a lack of morals, a focus on pleasure, and a disregard for the consequences of one's actions. When describing someone or something as Gomorrah-like, it signals a dangerous and negative attribute that has a significant impact on individuals and the community.

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What are the hypernyms for Gomorrah?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the holonyms for Gomorrah?

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Usage examples for Gomorrah

The preacher then proceeded to show by what sort of fire Sodom and gomorrah were destroyed, comparing their inhabitants to those of Lisbon, in no flattering terms.
"The Prime Minister"
W.H.G. Kingston
He preferred to go into voluntary exile at Des Moines, Iowa; and in that glorious Republican harvest-field he accomplished a great and good work, which being done, symmetrized and concinnated, he returned to this gomorrah of Mugwumpery and identified himself with that sterling trade journal, the Hide and Leather Criterion.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson
God is omnipresent, and was always therefore at Sodom and gomorrah, but had apparently been temporarily absent; he is omniscient, and therefore knew everything which was happening at Sodom and gomorrah, but he did not know whether or not the people were as wicked they had been represented to him.
"Theological Essays"
Charles Bradlaugh

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