What does "sodom" mean?

A city or place full of sin and vice.

What is a synonym for "sodom"?

Common synonyms include: brothel, cesspool, den, den of iniquity, fleshpots, hole.

Sodom

//ˈsɑ.dəm// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
A city or place full of sin and vice.
"Take all idea of retribution and punishment out of the hearts and minds of men, and it would not be long before Brooklyn and New York and Boston and Charleston and Chicago became Sodoms."
2
any location known for vice and corruption wordnet

Proper Noun

1
A city in the Middle East which, according to the Bible and Islamic tradition, but not specifically named in the Qur'an, was destroyed by God (along with Gomorrah) for the sins of its inhabitants.
2
Wadham College, Oxford. obsolete

Synonyms

All synonyms

brothel cesspool den den of iniquity fleshpots hole

Example

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"God destroyed the liberal cities of Sodom and Gomorra."

Etymology

Partially from Old English Sodome, Sodoma, partially from Ancient Greek Σόδομα (Sódoma), from the Biblical Hebrew סְדֹם (s'dóm). (Wadham College): Chosen for the rhyme.

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