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abaddon

Syllables: A·bad·don/æbədɒːn/US/əˈbæ.dn̩/

abaddon noun: an informer; a criminal who informs on other criminals to the authorities.

Noun

abaddon (plural abaddons)

  1. (British, archaic, slang) An informer; a criminal who informs on other criminals to the authorities.
    • The prisoner, Money Moses, better known among thieves and fences as Moses the abaddon, has been, to my knowledge, for the last twenty years a receiver and dealer in stolen property.c. 1839, Report of the Trial of the Great Gold Dust Robbery

Proper noun capitalized: Abaddon

Abaddon

  1. The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; Apollyon;
  2. (poetic) Hell; the bottomless pit; a place of destruction.
    • In all her gates, Abaddon rues Thy bold attempt.1671, John Milton, “The Fourth Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 4

abaddon meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Kannada

abaddon in Urdu

دوزَخ, جَہَنم, اِبلیس, پاتال, سقر

abaddon in Bengali

নরক, শয়তান

abaddon in Kannada

ನರಕ

Synonyms of abaddon

Forms of abaddon

Noun
pluralabaddons
Proper noun
alternative formAbaddan
alternative formAbadon

Origin of abaddon

UK C19. From Abaddon, from Middle English, from Late Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἀβαδδών (Abaddṓn, “Abaddon”), from Hebrew אבדון (ābaddōn, “destruction, abyss”), from אבד (ābad, “to be lost, to perish”).

From Middle English Abadon, Abbadon, Labadon, Laabadon, from Late Latin Abaddōn, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓βᾰδδών (Ăbăddṓn), from Biblical Hebrew אֲבַדּוֹן (ʔăḇaddōn, “destruction; ruin”), from אבד (ʾāḇaḏ, “to be lost, to perish”).

Questions about abaddon

What does abaddon mean?
Abaddon means an informer; a criminal who informs on other criminals to the authorities.
What is abaddon in Urdu?
Abaddon in Urdu is دوزَخ, جَہَنم, اِبلیس. See Abaddon meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is abaddon?
Abaddon can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce abaddon?
Abaddon is pronounced /əˈbæ.dn̩/ (US).
What is the plural of abaddon?
The plural of abaddon is abaddons.

Words near abaddon in the dictionary

  1. abadas
  2. abadavine
  3. abadavines
  4. Abaddan
  5. Abaddans
  6. abaddon
  7. abaddons
  8. abade
  9. Abadi
  10. Abadie
  11. Abadies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abaddon (page history and authors); Abaddon (page history and authors); abaddon (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abaddon (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abaddon (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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