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loathing
Great dislike; abhorrence.
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  1. Great dislike; abhorrence.
  2. Sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike.
  3. Intense dislike, disgust, or hatred; abhorrence
abhorrence
One that is disgusting, loathsome, or repellent.
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  1. One that is disgusting, loathsome, or repellent.
  2. A feeling of repugnance or loathing.
  3. An abhorring; loathing; detestation
aversion
The cause or object of such a feeling:
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  1. The cause or object of such a feeling:
  2. The act or fact of averting:
  3. An intense or definite dislike; antipathy; repugnance
revulsion
Extreme disgust, shock, or repugnance; feeling of great loathing
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  1. Extreme disgust, shock, or repugnance; feeling of great loathing
  2. The reduction of superficial inflammation in an affected body part, as by topical agents, in order to decrease inflammation in adjacent structures.
  3. A sudden strong change or reaction in feeling, especially a feeling of violent disgust or loathing.
abhorrence
Something abhorred; something repugnant
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  1. Something abhorred; something repugnant
  2. One that is disgusting, loathsome, or repellent.
  3. A feeling of repugnance or loathing.
abomination
An abominating; great hatred and disgust; loathing
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  1. An abominating; great hatred and disgust; loathing
  2. Anything hateful and disgusting
  3. Abhorrence; disgust.
antipathy
The object of such dislike
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  1. The object of such dislike
  2. Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.
  3. (Obs.) An opposition in character, nature, tendency, etc.
aversion
The cause or object of such a feeling:
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  1. The cause or object of such a feeling:
  2. The act or fact of averting:
  3. An intense or definite dislike; antipathy; repugnance
hate
A person or thing hated
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  1. A person or thing hated
  2. A strong feeling of dislike or ill will; hatred
  3. Intense animosity or dislike; hatred.
hatred
Strong aversion; intense dislike; hateful regard; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as unpleasant, harmful or evil.
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  1. Strong aversion; intense dislike; hateful regard; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as unpleasant, harmful or evil.
  2. Strong dislike or ill will; hate
  3. Intense animosity or hostility.
horror
A genre of fiction, films, comic books, etc. characterized by the depiction of frightening events and, variously, ghosts, vampires, monsters, etc.
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  1. A genre of fiction, films, comic books, etc. characterized by the depiction of frightening events and, variously, ghosts, vampires, monsters, etc.
  2. The strong feeling caused by something frightful or shocking; shuddering fear and disgust; terror and repugnance
  3. An intense, painful feeling of repugnance and fear.
loathing
Great dislike; abhorrence.
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  1. Great dislike; abhorrence.
  2. Sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike.
  3. Intense dislike, disgust, or hatred; abhorrence
repellence
Alternative form of repellency.
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  1. Alternative form of repellency.
repellency
The ability to repel; the characteristic of repelling.
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  1. The ability to repel; the characteristic of repelling.
repugnance
Inconsistency or contradiction
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  1. Inconsistency or contradiction
  2. Extreme dislike or distaste; aversion; antipathy
  3. (Logic) The relationship of contradictory terms; inconsistency.
repugnancy
Repugnance.
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  1. Repugnance.
  2. The quality or property of being repugnant.
repulsion
Extreme aversion:
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  1. Extreme aversion:
  2. (Physics) The force that causes particles or bodies to repel one another, as from having the same electric charge or magnetic polarity.
  3. (Physics) The mutual action by which bodies or particles of matter tend to repel each other
revulsion
Extreme disgust, shock, or repugnance; feeling of great loathing
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  1. Extreme disgust, shock, or repugnance; feeling of great loathing
  2. (Archaic) A withdrawing or turning away from something.
  3. A sudden strong change or reaction in feeling, especially a feeling of violent disgust or loathing.
abhorrence
One that is disgusting, loathsome, or repellent.
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  1. One that is disgusting, loathsome, or repellent.
  2. A feeling of repugnance or loathing.
  3. Something abhorred; something repugnant
abomination
Abhorrence; disgust.
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  1. Abhorrence; disgust.
  2. An abominating; great hatred and disgust; loathing
  3. Anything hateful and disgusting
anathema
The excommunication often accompanying or following this condemnation
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  1. The excommunication often accompanying or following this condemnation
  2. A thing or person greatly detested
  3. One that is greatly reviled, loathed, or shunned:
aversion
An intense or definite dislike; antipathy; repugnance
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  1. An intense or definite dislike; antipathy; repugnance
  2. The avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because it has been associated with an unpleasant or painful stimulus.
  3. The act or fact of averting:
bugbear
Anything causing seemingly needless or excessive fear or anxiety
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  1. Anything causing seemingly needless or excessive fear or anxiety
  2. A fearsome imaginary creature, especially one evoked to frighten children.
  3. An imaginary hobgoblin or terror used to frighten children into good conduct
execration
A curse
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  1. A curse
  2. A person or thing cursed or detested
  3. Something that is cursed or loathed.
hate
A person or thing hated
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  1. A person or thing hated
  2. A strong feeling of dislike or ill will; hatred
  3. Intense animosity or dislike; hatred.
horror
A genre of fiction or other artistic work evoking suspense and horror, especially through the depiction of gruesome or supernatural elements.
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  1. A genre of fiction or other artistic work evoking suspense and horror, especially through the depiction of gruesome or supernatural elements.
  2. A genre of fiction, films, comic books, etc. characterized by the depiction of frightening events and, variously, ghosts, vampires, monsters, etc.
  3. The strong feeling caused by something frightful or shocking; shuddering fear and disgust; terror and repugnance
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  • The effect of the incident was rather to increase detestation of Giolitti than to damage Crispi.

  • Inwardly "he took a remorse of conscience and detestation of mind."

  • All this time the brutal work of the Blood Council went on, as did the exodus of thousands upon thousands of industrious and well-to-do citizens, and with each year the detestation felt for Alva and his rule steadily increased.

  • He had set off to secure an ally against Louis, and he came back from his expedition with a crown on his head and a new nation at his back, united in its detestation of popery and of France.

  • As her hatred was known to be at least as strong as her love, the legacy was probably as much a mark of her detestation of Walpole as of her admiration of Pitt.

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