name
Sodom
SO-duhm
name
1
A city described in the Bible as destroyed, along with Gomorrah, as divine punishment for the wickedness of its people.
"The preacher compared the city's corruption to the fall of Sodom."
noun
1
By extension, any place regarded as thoroughly corrupt or sinful.
"Critics called the gambling town a modern Sodom."
"He described the nightclub district as a Sodom of vice and excess."
How to Use Sodom
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe biblical city of sin, or, loosely, any place seen as morally corrupt.
Common pairings
a modern Sodom
Sodom and Gomorrah
Word Forms
Sodoms plural
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Etymology
From the Hebrew place name transmitted through Greek and Old English; the biblical city name became a byword for moral decay.