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Detestation synonyms

dē'tĕ-stā'shən

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hatred (related)
Strong dislike or ill will; hate
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loathing
Sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike.
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aversion
The cause or object of such a feeling:
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abhorrence
One that is disgusting, loathsome, or repellent.
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abomination
Abhorrence; disgust.
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antipathy
Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.
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hate
A person or thing hated
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horror
(Informal) Something very bad, ugly, disagreeable, etc.
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repellence
Alternative form of repellency.
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repellency
The ability to repel; the characteristic of repelling.
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repugnance
Extreme dislike or distaste; aversion; antipathy
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repugnancy
Repugnance.
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repulsion
(Physics) The force that causes particles or bodies to repel one another, as from having the same electric charge or magnetic polarity.
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anathema
By extension, something which is vehemently disliked by somebody.
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bête noire
An object of extreme dislike
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bugbear
A fearsome imaginary creature, especially one evoked to frighten children.
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execration
Something that is cursed or loathed.
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love (related)
A feeling of devotion or adoration toward God or a god.
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odium
Hatred, esp. of a person or thing regarded as loathsome
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baseness (related)
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disloyalty (related)
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ingratitude (related)
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fatuity (related)
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Detestation Sentence Examples

  • 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."

  • I was assailed by one cry of reproach, disapprobation, and even detestation;.

  • It is quite natural that the man who delivered up the city of the Prophet to plunder, and at whose hands so many prominent Moslems fell, should have been an object of detestation ' See Chodzko, Thedtre persan (Paris, 1878).

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