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bete noire
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disliked person |
| Synonyms: | adversary, anathema, antagonist, bad news, bad news, bane, bitter enemy, bugbear, competitor, curse, devil, enemy, foe, opponent, pet hate, plague, rival, trouble |
| Main Entry: | devil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | demon |
| Synonyms: | Beelzebub, Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Prince of Darkness, Satan, adversary, archfiend, beast, brute, bête noire, common enemy, dastard, diablo, djinn, dybbuk, enfant terrible, evil one, fiend, genie, hellion, imp, knave, monster, ogre, rogue, scamp, scoundrel, the Erinyes, the Furies, the dickens, villain |
| Antonyms: | angel, god |
| Main Entry: | fear |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alarm, apprehension |
| Synonyms: | abhorrence, agitation, angst, anxiety, aversion, awe, bête noire, chickenheartedness, cold feet, cold sweat, concern, consternation, cowardice, creeps, despair, discomposure, dismay, disquietude, distress, doubt, dread, faintheartedness, foreboding, fright, funk, horror, jitters, misgiving, nightmare, panic, phobia, presentiment, qualm, recreancy, reverence, revulsion, scare, suspicion, terror, timidity, trembling, tremor, trepidation, unease, uneasiness, worry |
| Antonyms: | bravery, courage, fearlessness, heroism, unconcern |
| Main Entry: | hate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme dislike |
| Synonyms: | abhorrence, abomination, anathema, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, black beast, bother, bugbear, bête noire, detestation, disgust, enmity, execration, frost*, grievance, gripe, hatred, horror, hostility, ill will, irritant, loathing, malevolence, malignity, mislike, nasty look, no love lost, nuisance, objection, odium, pain, rancor, rankling, repugnance, repulsion, resentment, revenge, revulsion, scorn, spite, trouble, venom |
| Notes: | hate means to 'dislike intensely, loathe' and despise means 'look down on contemptuously' |
| Antonyms: | liking, love, loving |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nemesis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bane |
| Synonyms: | adversary, affliction, bête noire, curse, infliction, opponent, plague, rival, ruination, scourge, torment |
| Main Entry: | persona non grata |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unwelcome person |
| Synonyms: | bad news, bete noire, objectionable person, pet peeve, unacceptable person, undesirable |
| Main Entry: | pet peeve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal hate |
| Synonyms: | bete noire, bugbear, complaint, grievance, groan, hateful object, peeve, personal vexation, pet aversion |
| Main Entry: | bugbear |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ghost |
| Synonyms: | apprehension, bete noire, bogey, bogy, boogeyman, bugaboo, dread, fear, goblin, gremlin, hobgoblin, loup-garou, ogre, problem, scare, specter, terror, threat, wraith |
| Main Entry: | repellence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hate |
| Synonyms: | abhorrence, abomination, anathema, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, black beast, bother, bugbear, bête noire, detestation, disgust, enmity, execration, frost*, grievance, gripe, hatred, horror, hostility, ill will, irritant, loathing, malevolence, malignity, mislike, nasty look, no love lost, nuisance, objection, odium, pain*, rancor, rankling, repellency, repugnance, repugnancy, repulsion, resentment, revenge, revulsion, scorn, spite, trouble, venom |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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