| Main Entry: | abhor |
| 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: | abominate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | detest |
Synonyms: |
abhor, despise, dislike, hate, loathe |
| 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 |
| 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 |