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abhor [ab-hawr]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: regard with contempt or disgust
Synonyms: abominate, be allergic to, be down on, be grossed out by, despise, detest, hate, have no use for, loathe, scorn
Antonyms: admire, adore, approve, cherish, desire, enjoy, like, love, relish
Main Entry: deplore
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: regret; condemn
Synonyms: abhor, be against, bemoan, bewail, carry on, censure, complain, cry, denounce, deprecate, disapprove of, eat one's heart out, grieve for, hate, hurt, lament, moan, mourn, object to, repent, rue, sing the blues, sorrow over, take on, weep
Antonyms: approve, be happy, delight, praise, rejoice, revel
Main Entry: despise
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: look down on
Synonyms: abhor, abominate, allergic to, contemn, deride, detest, disdain, disregard, eschew, execrate, feel contempt for, flout, hate, have no use for, loathe, look down nose at, misprize, neglect, put down*, reject, renounce, repudiate, revile, scorn, shun, slight, snub, spurn, undervalue, wipe out
Notes: one would tend to detest someone for behavior, despise someone for character
hate means to 'dislike intensely, loathe' and despise means 'look down on contemptuously'
Antonyms: admire, appreciate, cherish, like, love
Example Sentences
  • Arikha abhorred artificial light and worked only in daylight.
  • Recall that the nation's founders abhorred human creatureliness.
  • He abhorred channeling, séances and past-life hunts as diversionary.
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Main Entry: detest
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hate; feel disgust toward
Synonyms: abhor, abominate, be allergic to, despise, dislike intensely, down on, execrate, feel aversion toward, feel hostility toward, feel repugnance toward, have no use for, loathe, recoil from, reject, repudiate
Antonyms: adore, cherish, like, love, prize, respect
Main Entry: detestable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: loathsome, abominable
Synonyms: abhorred, abhorrent, accursed, atrocious, awful, despicable, disgusting, execrable, godawful, grody, gross*, hateable, hateful, heinous, horrid, lousy, low-down, maggot, monstrous, obnoxious, odious, offensive, outrageous, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, shocking, sorry, vile
Antonyms: admirable, adorable, adored, cherished, likeable, loveable, prized, respectable, respected
Main Entry: disdain
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: scorn
Synonyms: abhor, be allergic to, belittle, chill, contemn, deride, despise, disregard, hate, ignore, look down nose at, look down on, misprize, pooh-pooh, put down*, refuse, reject, scout, slight, sneer at, spurn, undervalue
Antonyms: admire, approve, esteem, favor, praise, respect
Main Entry: disgusted
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: sickened; offended
Synonyms: abhorred, appalled, displeased, fastidious, fed up*, full up, grossed out, had bellyful, had enough, had it, nauseated, nauseous, outraged, overwrought, queasy, repelled, repulsed, revolted, satiated, scandalized, sick, sick and tired of, sick of, squeamish, teed off, tired, turned off, unhappy, up to here, weary
Antonyms: attracted, delighted, desirous, happy, pleased
Main Entry: dislike
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be antagonistic toward something; hate
Synonyms: abhor, abominate, antipathize, avoid, be allergic to, be averse to, be turned off to, bear malice toward, condemn, contemn, deplore, despise, detest, disapprove, disesteem, disfavor, disrelish, eschew, execrate, grossed out on, have hard feelings, have no stomach for, have no taste for, loathe, look down on, lose interest in, make faces at, mind, not appreciate, not care for, not endure, not feel like, not take kindly to, object to, regret, resent, scorn, shudder at, shun
Antonyms: approve, like, love
Main Entry: execrate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hate
Synonyms: abhor, abominate, accurse, anathematize, censure, condemn, curse, damn, denounce, deplore, despise, detest, excoriate, imprecate, loathe, objurgate, reprehend, reprobate, reprove, revile, vilify
Antonyms: like, love
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