Sodom and Gomorrah

noun

A city or place full of sin and vice.

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Meanings

noun
  1. figurativelyA city or place full of sin and vice.

    Pattaya has a reported 27,000 prostitutes, roughly one for every five people living permanently in the east-coast city that has been likened to a modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah.

    2017 February 16, Chris Baynes, “Inside the world's sex capital: City dubbed ‘modern day Sodom and Gomorrah’ with highest number of prostitutes anywhere”, in Daily Mirror
verbSodom and Gomorrah (third-person singular simple present Sodom and Gomorrahs, present participle Sodom and Gomorrahing, simple past and past participle Sodom and Gomorrahed)

present singular third person Sodom and Gomorrahs · participle present Sodom and Gomorrahing · participle past Sodom and Gomorrahed · past Sodom and Gomorrahed

  1. slangTo borrow.

Origin

From the names of the cities in the Middle East which, according to the Hebrew Bible and to Islamic tradition, were destroyed by God for the sins of their inhabitants. More at Sodom and Gomorrah.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 所多瑪與蛾摩拉 /所多玛与蛾摩拉
  • 所多瑪與蛾摩拉 /所多玛与蛾摩拉 (Suǒduōmǎ yǔ Émólà)Translations
German Sodom und Gomorrha
  • Sodom und GomorrhaTranslations
Hindi सदोम और अमोरा
  • सदोम और अमोरा (sadom aur amorā)Translations
Portuguese Sodoma e Gomorra
  • Sodoma e GomorraTranslations
Spanish Sodoma y Gomorra
  • Sodoma y GomorraTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

Sodom and Gomorrah. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sodom%20and%20Gomorrah

MLA

“Sodom and Gomorrah.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sodom%20and%20Gomorrah. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sodom and Gomorrah,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sodom%20and%20Gomorrah.

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