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| Main Entry: | hatred |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | severe dislike |
| Synonyms: | abhorrence, abomination, acrimony, alienation, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, contempt, detestation, disapproval, disfavor, disgust, displeasure, distaste, enmity, envy, execration, grudge, hard feelings, hate, horror, hostility, ignominy, ill will, loathing, malevolence, malice, odium, pique, prejudice, rancor, repugnance, repulsion, revenge, revulsion, scorn, spite, spleen, venom, allergy to, coldness, invidiousness, malignance, militancy, no use for |
| Antonyms: | like, liking, love, loving |
| Main Entry: | abhorrence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disgust |
| Synonyms: | detestation, enmity, hate, hatred, horror, loathing, malice, odium, repugnance, revulsion |
| Main Entry: | anger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of being mad, annoyed |
| Synonyms: | acrimony, animosity, annoyance, antagonism, blow up*, chagrin, choler, dander*, displeasure, distemper, enmity, exasperation, fury, gall, hatred, huff, impatience, indignation, ire, irritability, irritation, mad, miff, outrage, passion, peevishness, petulance, pique, rage, rankling, resentment, stew, storm, tantrum, temper, tiff, umbrage, vexation, violence, cat fit, conniption, disapprobation, hissy fit, ill humor, ill temper, infuriation, irascibility, slow burn, soreness |
| Antonyms: | calmness, contentment, enjoyment, good nature, happiness, joy, peace, agreeability, pleasantness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | antagonism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | causing problem; opposition |
| Synonyms: | animosity, animus, antipathy, antithesis, clashing, competition, conflict, contention, difference, disagreement, discord, dissension, enmity, friction, hatred, hostility, incongruity, rancor, resistance, rivalry, contradistinction, contrariety, oppugnancy |
| Antonyms: | accord, agreement, harmony, rapport, sympathy, understanding |
| Main Entry: | antipathy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong dislike, disgust |
| Synonyms: | abhorrence, allergy, animosity, animus, antagonism, aversion, avoidance, bad blood*, distaste, enmity, escape, evasion, hate, hatred, hostility, ill will, incompatibility, loathing, opposition, rancor, repugnance, repulsion, contrariety, dyspathy, eschewal, repellency |
| Antonyms: | admiration, appreciation, approval, esteem, honor, like, liking, love, rapport, regard, respect, sympathy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | aversion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dislike; opposition |
| Synonyms: | abhorrence, abomination, allergy, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, detestation, disfavor, disgust, disinclination, displeasure, dissatisfaction, distaste, dread, hate, hatred, horror, hostility, indisposition, loathing, odium, reluctance, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion, disliking, having no use for, 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: | bad blood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bitterness of feeling |
| Synonyms: | acrimony, anger, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, bitterness, dislike, distrust, enmity, hard feelings, hatred, hostility, ill will, malevolence, malice, odium, rancor, resentment, venom, bad chemistry, bad feeling, bad vibes, bad will, disaccord, ill-disposedness, mutual hostility, nastiness, oppugnancy, oppugnation, personality conflict, unfriendliness |
| Main Entry: | disaffection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alienation, estrangement |
| Synonyms: | animosity, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, breach, disagreement, discontent, dislike, disloyalty, dissatisfaction, hatred, hostility, ill will, repugnance, resentment, unfriendliness |
| Antonyms: | attraction, happiness, harmony, pleasure |
| Main Entry: | disdain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hate; indifference |
| Synonyms: | antipathy, arrogance, aversion, contempt, contumely, derision, despite, dislike, disparagement, hatred, haughtiness, hauteur, insolence, pride, ridicule, scorn, sneering, despisal, despisement, loftiness, snobbishness, superbity, superciliousness |
| Antonyms: | admiration, esteem, favor, like, love, praise, respect |
| Main Entry: | disgust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aversion; repulsion |
| Synonyms: | abhorrence, abomination, antipathy, detestation, dislike, distaste, hatred, loathing, nausea, objection, repugnance, revolt, revulsion, sickness, surfeit, hatefulness, nauseation, nauseousness, satiation, satiety |
| Antonyms: | admiration, appeal, desire, esteem, fondness, like, liking, loving, respect, reverence |
| Main Entry: | disinclination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unwillingness to do or believe something |
| Synonyms: | alienation, antipathy, aversion, demur, disfavor, dislike, displeasure, dissatisfaction, distaste, hatred, indisposition, objection, opposition, reluctance, repugnance, resistance, disliking, disrelish, hesitance, lack of desire, lack of enthusiasm, loathness |
| Antonyms: | bent, desire, enthusiasm, incentive, inclination, leaning, willingness |
| Main Entry: | distaste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dislike, hate |
| Synonyms: | abhorrence, antipathy, aversion, detestation, disfavor, disgust, disinclination, displeasure, dissatisfaction, hatred, horror, hostility, indisposition, loathing, repugnance, repulsion, revolt, revulsion, disrelish |
| Antonyms: | desire, like, love, loving |
| Main Entry: | envy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jealousy |
| Synonyms: | backbiting, covetousness, evil eye*, green-eyed monster*, grudge, hatred, heartburn, ill will, malevolence, malice, opposition, prejudice, resentment, rivalry, spite, coveting, enviousness, grudging, grudgingness, invidiousness, jaundiced eye, lusting, maliciousness, malignity, resentfulness |
| Antonyms: | comfort, confidence, good will, kindness, pleasure, contentedness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | evil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | badness, immorality; disaster |
| Synonyms: | affliction, baseness, blow, calamity, catastrophe, corruption, crime, curse, debauchery, depravity, diablerie, harm, hatred, hurt, ill, impiety, indecency, infamy, iniquity, injury, lewdness, malevolence, meanness, mischief, misery, misfortune, obscenity, outrage, pain, ruin, sin, sorrow, suffering, turpitude, vice, villainy, wickedness, woe, wrong, wrongdoing, criminality, devilry, diabolism, heinousness, knavery, licentiousness, looseness, malignity, perversity, sinfulness, viciousness, vileness |
| Antonyms: | good, goodness, morality, virtue |
| Main Entry: | execration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hating |
| Synonyms: | abhorrence, abomination, anathema, blasphemy, condemnation, contempt, curse, damnation, denunciation, detestation, hatred, imprecation, loathing, malediction, odium, profanity, swearing, cursing, cussing, detesting, excoriation, vilification |
| Antonyms: | liking, loving |
| Main Entry: | fanaticism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overenthusiasm |
| Synonyms: | bias, bigotry, dedication, devotion, dogma, enthusiasm, faction, frenzy, hatred, infatuation, injustice, intolerance, madness, obstinacy, partiality, passion, prejudice, rage, stubbornness, superstition, tenacity, transport, violence, zeal, abandonment, arbitrariness, contumacy, extremism, illiberality, immoderation, incorrigibility, monomania, obsessiveness, partisanship, single-mindedness, unfairness, unreasonableness, unruliness, willfulness, zealotry |
| Antonyms: | impartiality, disinterest, unenthusiasm |
| Main Entry: | grudge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hard feelings |
| Synonyms: | animosity, animus, antipathy, aversion, bad blood*, bitterness, dislike, enmity, grievance, hate, hatred, ill will, injury, injustice, malevolence, malice, malignancy, peeve, pet peeve*, pique, rancor, resentment, spite, spleen, venom, bone to pick, maliciousness, spitefulness |
| Antonyms: | favor, forgiveness, good will |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme dislike |
| Synonyms: | abhorrence, abomination, anathema, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bĂȘte noire*, bother, bugbear*, detestation, disgust, enmity, execration, frost*, grievance, gripe, hatred, horror, hostility, ill will, irritant, loathing, malevolence, nuisance, objection, odium, pain, rancor, rankling, repugnance, repulsion, resentment, revenge, revulsion, scorn, spite, trouble, venom, black beast, malignity, mislike, nasty look, no love lost |
| Antonyms: | liking, love, loving |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | horror |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fear, revulsion |
| Synonyms: | abhorrence, abomination, alarm, antipathy, apprehension, aversion, awe, consternation, detestation, disgust, dislike, dismay, dread, fright, hate, hatred, loathing, monstrosity, panic, repugnance, terror, trepidation, chiller |
| Antonyms: | beauty, delight, miracle, pleasure, wonder |
| Main Entry: | hostility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | antagonism, meanness |
| Synonyms: | abhorrence, aggression, animosity, animus, antipathy, aversion, bad blood*, bitterness, detestation, disaffection, enmity, estrangement, grudge, hatred, ill will, malevolence, malice, opposition, rancor, resentment, spite, spleen, venom, war, bellicosity, belligerence, inimicality, unfriendliness, virulence, warpath |
| Antonyms: | friendliness, friendship, gentleness, kindness, niceness, agreeableness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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