Gomorrah

[ guh-mawr-uh, -mor-uh ]

/ gəˈmɔr ə, -ˈmɒr ə /

noun

Also Douay Bible, Go·mor·rha. an ancient city destroyed, with Sodom, because of its wickedness. Genesis 19:24, 25.

any extremely wicked place.

Origin of Gomorrah

From Late Latin Gomorr(h)a(m), from Greek Gómorr(h)a, an abnormal transliteration of Hebrew ʿămōrāh “sheaf (of grain)”; the normal transliteration of ʿămōrāh is Amora

OTHER WORDS FROM Gomorrah

Go·mor·re·an, adjective

Words nearby Gomorrah

Gómez Palacio, gomitoli, gomme syrup, gommie, go-moku, Gomorrah, Gompers, Gompers, Samuel, gomphiasis, gomphosis, Gomulka

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Example sentences from the Web for Gomorrah

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Martin Scorsese on a New Film That Reinvents the Mob Movie|Rachel Syme|October 13, 2008|DAILY BEAST
I like to think of Shooters as Sodom and Gomorrah, reimagined for the modern world.
Random Hook-Ups or Dry Spells: Why Millennials Flunk College Dating|Ellie Schaack|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But not a man was in sight till we got to a village which looked like Gomorrah the day after it happened.
Old Junk|H. M. Tomlinson
He acquired among them a reputation as the one righteous American in their California Gomorrah.
Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science, No. 23, February, 1873, Vol. XI. No. 23.|Various

Gomorrah, the right bank, was the region of vice, license and dishonesty.
Two banks of the Seine|Fernand Vandrem
You cannot wake up the people of Gomorrah with the gospel of peace.
Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians|Martin Luther
Gomorrah would have been saved had it contained ten men like this one.
Two Wars: An Autobiography of General Samuel G. French|Samuel Gibbs French

British Dictionary definitions for Gomorrah

Gomorrah

Gomorrha

/ (ɡəˈmɒrə) /

noun

Old Testament one of two ancient cities near the Dead Sea, the other being Sodom, that were destroyed by God as a punishment for the wickedness of their inhabitants (Genesis 19:24)

any place notorious for vice and depravity

Derived forms of Gomorrah

Gomorrean or Gomorrhean, adjective

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单词	gomorrah
释义	Gomorrah [ guh-mawr-uh, -mor-uh ] / gəˈmɔr ə, -ˈmɒr ə / noun Also Douay Bible, Go·mor·rha. an ancient city destroyed, with Sodom, because of its wickedness. Genesis 19:24, 25. any extremely wicked place. Origin of Gomorrah From Late Latin Gomorr(h)a(m), from Greek Gómorr(h)a, an abnormal transliteration of Hebrew ʿămōrāh “sheaf (of grain)”; the normal transliteration of ʿămōrāh is Amora OTHER WORDS FROM Gomorrah Go·mor·re·an, adjective Words nearby Gomorrah Gómez Palacio, gomitoli, gomme syrup, gommie, go-moku, Gomorrah, Gompers, Gompers, Samuel, gomphiasis, gomphosis, Gomulka Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Gomorrah Related: See what UK historian Andrew Roberts said about Gomorrah on our Buzz Board. Martin Scorsese on a New Film That Reinvents the Mob Movie\|Rachel Syme\|October 13, 2008\|DAILY BEAST I like to think of Shooters as Sodom and Gomorrah, reimagined for the modern world. Random Hook-Ups or Dry Spells: Why Millennials Flunk College Dating\|Ellie Schaack\|January 1, 2015\|DAILY BEAST But not a man was in sight till we got to a village which looked like Gomorrah the day after it happened. Old Junk\|H. M. Tomlinson He acquired among them a reputation as the one righteous American in their California Gomorrah. Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science, No. 23, February, 1873, Vol. XI. No. 23.\|Various Gomorrah, the right bank, was the region of vice, license and dishonesty. Two banks of the Seine\|Fernand Vandrem You cannot wake up the people of Gomorrah with the gospel of peace. Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians\|Martin Luther Gomorrah would have been saved had it contained ten men like this one. Two Wars: An Autobiography of General Samuel G. French\|Samuel Gibbs French British Dictionary definitions for Gomorrah Gomorrah Gomorrha / (ɡəˈmɒrə) / noun Old Testament one of two ancient cities near the Dead Sea, the other being Sodom, that were destroyed by God as a punishment for the wickedness of their inhabitants (Genesis 19:24) any place notorious for vice and depravity Derived forms of Gomorrah Gomorrean or Gomorrhean, adjective Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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