| Main Entry: | abomination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | object of extreme dislike, hate |
Synonyms: |
anathema, aversion, bother, curse, detestation, evil, horror, nuisance, plague, shame, torment |
Antonyms: |
beauty, blessing, delight, enjoyment, esteem, joy, love, treat |
| Main Entry: | abomination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wrongdoing |
Synonyms: |
crime, offense, wrong |
Antonyms: |
benefit, right |
| Main Entry: | anathema |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something hated |
Synonyms: |
abomination, bane, bugbear, detestation, enemy, hate, pariah |
Antonyms: |
love |
| Main Entry: | atrocity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cruelness, offensiveness; widely condemned action |
Synonyms: |
abomination, barbarity, brutality, crime, enormity, evil, horror, infamy, inhumanity, iniquity, monstrosity, offense, outrage, ruthlessness, savagery, viciousness, wrong |
Antonyms: |
kindness, pleasantness |
| Main Entry: | aversion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dislike; opposition |
Synonyms: |
abhorrence, abomination, allergy, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, detestation, disfavor, disgust, disinclination, disliking, displeasure, dissatisfaction, distaste, dread, hate, hatred, having no use for, horror, hostility, indisposition, loathing, odium, reluctance, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion, unwillingness |
| Notes: | aversion is something that originates from within, whereas adversity is something that originates from without; adverse is usually applied to situations while averse is used to describe a person's attitude |
Antonyms: |
affection, attachment, care, fondness, kindness, like, liking, love, sympathy |
| Main Entry: | crime |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | offense against the law |
Synonyms: |
abomination, antisocial behavior, atrocity, breach, break, caper, case, corruption, criminality, delict, delictum, delinquency, depravity, dereliction, enormity, evil, evil behavior, fast one, fault, felony, hit, illegality, immorality, infraction, infringement, iniquity, job, lawlessness, malefaction, malfeasance, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanor, mortal sin, outrage, racket, scandal, sneak, tort, transgression, trespass, unlawful act, vice, villainy, violation, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing |
Antonyms: |
good deed, kindness |
| Main Entry: | disgust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aversion; repulsion |
Synonyms: |
abhorrence, abomination, antipathy, detestation, dislike, distaste, hatefulness, hatred, loathing, nausea, nauseation, nauseousness, objection, repugnance, revolt, revulsion, satiation, satiety, sickness, surfeit |
Antonyms: |
admiration, appeal, desire, esteem, fondness, like, liking, loving, respect, reverence |
| Main Entry: | enormity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | horribleness |
Synonyms: |
abomination, atrociousness, atrocity, crime, depravity, disgrace, evil, evilness, flagrancy, grossness, heinousness, horror, monstrosity, monstrousness, nefariousness, outrage, outrageousness, rankness, turpitude, vice, viciousness, vileness, villainy, wickedness |
Antonyms: |
goodness |
| Main Entry: | execration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hating |
Synonyms: |
abhorrence, abomination, anathema, blasphemy, condemnation, contempt, curse, cursing, cussing, damnation, denunciation, detestation, detesting, excoriation, hatred, imprecation, loathing, malediction, odium, profanity, swearing, vilification |
Antonyms: |
liking, loving |
| 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 |
Antonyms: |
liking, love, loving |