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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | 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 |
| Notes: | one would tend to detest someone for behavior, despise someone for character |
| Antonyms: | adore, cherish, like, love, prize, respect |
| Main Entry: | disregard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ignore; make light of |
| Synonyms: | blink at, brush aside, brush away, brush off, cold-shoulder, contemn, despise, discount, disdain, disobey, disparage, fail, forget, have no use for, laugh off, leave out of account, let go, let off easy, let pass, live with, look the other way, miss, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass over, pay no attention to, pay no heed to, pay no mind, pooh-pooh, scorn, shut eyes to, slight, snub, take no notice of, tune out, turn a blind eye, turn a deaf ear, vilipend, wink at |
| Notes: | ignore is properly used of things that are present in our surroundings; but for things like rules, conventions, stipulations, contracts, the right word is disregard |
| Antonyms: | attend, esteem, note, pay attention, regard, respect |
| Main Entry: | hate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dislike very strongly |
| Synonyms: | abhor, abominate, allergic to, anathematize, be disgusted with, be hostile to, be loath, be reluctant, be repelled by, be sick of, be sorry, bear a grudge against, can't stand, contemn, curse, deprecate, deride, despise, detest, disapprove, disdain, disfavor, disparage, down on, execrate, feel malice to, have an aversion to, have enough of, have no use for, loathe, look down on, nauseate, not care for, object to, recoil from, scorn, shudder at, shun, spit upon, spurn |
| Notes: | hate means to 'dislike intensely, loathe' and despise means 'look down on contemptuously' |
| Antonyms: | like, love |
| Main Entry: | loathe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dislike strongly |
| Synonyms: | abhor, abominate, be allergic to, be down on, decline, despise, detest, execrate, feel repugnance, find disgusting, hate, have aversion to, have no use for, refuse, reject, repudiate, revolt, spurn |
| Notes: | loath is an adjective meaning 'unwilling, reluctant, disinclined'; whereas loathe is a verb meaning 'to dislike intensely, to feel revulsion toward, to despise' |
| Antonyms: | like, love |
| Main Entry: | sneeze at |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disregard |
| Synonyms: | blink at, brush aside, brush away, brush off, discount, have no use for, laugh off, let pass, look the other way, overlook, pass over, pay no attention to, pay no heed to, pay no mind, shut eyes to, slight, snub, take lightly, take no notice of, turn a blind eye, turn a deaf ear |
| Main Entry: | mislike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dislike |
| 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, have no use 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 |
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| Main Entry: | disregard |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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absent, absent, bemused, blind, blithe, brainsick, careless, cursory, deaf, disconcerted, distrait, dizzy, dreaming on other things, dreamy, engrossed, giddy, giddy, giddy as a goose, harebrained, harum, high, in the clouds, inadvertent, inattentive, inconsiderate, listless, lost, lost in thought, mindless, musing on other things, muzzy, napping, off one's guard, offhand, percursory, preoccupied, put out, rantipole, rapt, regardless, respectless, scatterbrained, thoughtless, undiscerning, unheeding, unmindful, unobservant, unreflecting, wild, wrapped in thought
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| Main Entry: | hate |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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abhorrent, abominable, acrimonious, antisocial, at daggers drawn, atrocious, averse from, barbarous, belluine, bitter, bloodthirsty, bloody-minded, brutal, brutish, caustic, churlish, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, crossed in love, cruel, demoniacal, despiteful, devilish, diabolic, diabolical, disgusting, disliked, disobliging, draconian, egotistical, envenomed, evil-disposed, evil-minded, fell, ferine, ferocious, fiendish, fiendlike, flint-hearted, forsaken, galling, grinding, hard of heart, hard-hearted, harsh, hateful, hellish, ill-conditioned, ill-contrived, ill-disposed, ill-intentioned, ill-natured, implacable, incendiary, infernal, inhuman, inhumane, inimical, inofficious, insulting, invidious, irritating, jaundiced, jealous, jealous as a Barbary pigeon, jilted, lasslorn, lovelorn, maleficent, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, marble-hearted, misanthropic, misopolemical, mordacious, morose, not on speaking terms, obnoxious, odious, offensive, provoking, rancorous, rejected, relentless, repulsive, ruthless, satanic, set against, shocking, spiteful, stony-hearted, sullen, surly, tameless, truculent, unamiable, unbeloved, unbenevolent, uncandid, uncared for, uncharitable, undeplored, unendeared, unfriendly, ungracious, unkind, unlamented, unloved, unmourned, unnatural, unpatriotic, untamed, unvalued, venomous, virulent, wlatsome, yellow-eyed
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