| 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: | 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | hate |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
ruthless, 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, 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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| Concept: | Dislike. |
| Category: | 3. Prospective Affections |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
dislike, distaste, disrelish, disinclination, displacency., reluctance; backwardness (unwillingness)., repugnance, disgust, queasiness, turn, nausea, loathing; averseness, aversation, aversion; abomination, antipathy, abhorrence, horror; mortal antipathy, rooted antipathy, mortal horror, rooted horror; hatred, detestation; hate; animosity; hydrophobia; canine madness; byssa, xenophobia. sickener; gall and wormwood (unsavory); shuddering, cold sweat.
-verbs
mislike misrelish, dislike disrelish; mind, object to; have rather not, not care for; have a dislike for, conceive a dislike to, entertain a dislike for, take a dislike to, have an aversion to; have no taste for, have no stomach for., shun, avoid; eschew; withdraw from, shrink from, recoil from; not be able to bear, not be able to abide, not be able to endure; shrug the shoulders at, shudder at, turn up the nose at, look askance at; make a mouth, make a wry face, make a grimace; make faces., loathe, nauseate, abominate, detest, abhor; hate; take amiss; have enough of (be satiated)., cause dislike, excite dislike; disincline, repel, sicken; make sick, render sick; turn one's stomach, nauseate, wamble, disgust, shock, stink in the nostrils; go against the grain, go against the stomach; stick in the throat; make one's blood run cold (give pain) [more]; pall.
-adjectives
disliking; averse from, loth, adverse; shy of, sick of, out of conceit with; disinclined; heartsick, dogsick; queasy., dislike; uneared for, unpopular; out of favor; repulsive, repugnant, repellant; abhorrent, insufferable, fulsome, nauseous; loathsome, loathful; offensive; disgusting; disagreeable (painful).
-adverbs
usque ad nauseam.
-phrases
non libet.
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Antonyms: |
desire |
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| Concept: | Hate. |
| Category: | 1. Social Affections |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
hate, hatred, vials of hate., disaffection, disfavor; alienation, estrangement, coolness; enmity; animosity., umbrage, pique, grudge; dudgeon, spleen bitterness, bitterness of feeling; ill blood, bad blood; acrimony; malice; implacability (revenge)., repugnance (dislike); demonophobia, gynephobia, negrophobia; odium, unpopularity; detestation, antipathy; object of hatred, object of execration; abomination, aversion, bête noire; enemy; bitter pill; source of annoyance.
-verbs
hate, detest, abominate, abhor, loathe; recoil at, shudder at; shrink from, view with horror, hold in abomination, revolt against, execrate; scowl; disrelish (dislike)., owe a grudge; bear spleen, bear a grudge, bear malice (malevolence) [more]; conceive an aversion to., excite hatred, provoke hatred; be hateful; stink in the nostrils; estrange, alienate, repel, set against, sow dissension, set by the ears, envenom, incense, irritate, rile; horrify; roil.
-adjectives
hating; abhorrent; averse from (disliking); set against., bitter (acrimonious) implacable (revengeful) [more]. unloved, unbeloved, unlamented, undeplored, unmourned, uncared for, unendeared, unvalued; disliked., crossed in love, forsaken, rejected, lovelorn, jilted., obnoxious, hateful, odious, abominable, repulsive, offensive, shocking; disgusting (disagreeable); reprehensible.
-phrases
no love lost between.
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Antonyms: |
love |
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