To regard with extreme dislike and hostility

• loathe

  1. To dislike (someone or something) greatly; abhor.

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• execrate

  1. To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; denounce.
  2. To feel loathing for; abhor.
  3. To invoke a curse on.

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• detest

  1. To dislike intensely; abhor.

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• despise

  1. To regard with contempt or scorn:
  2. To dislike intensely; loathe:

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• abominate

  1. To detest thoroughly; abhor.

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• abhor

  1. To regard with horror or loathing; detest:

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Extreme hostility and dislike

• revulsion

  1. A sudden strong change or reaction in feeling, especially a feeling of violent disgust or loathing.
  2. A withdrawing or turning away from something.
  3. The reduction of superficial inflammation in an affected body part, as by topical agents, in order to decrease inflammation in adjacent structures.

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• repulsion

  1. The act of repulsing or the condition of being repulsed:
  2. Extreme aversion:
  3. 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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• repugnancy

  1. Repugnance.

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• repugnance

  1. Extreme dislike or aversion.
  2. The relationship of contradictory terms; inconsistency.

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• repellency

  1. The ability to repel; the characteristic of repelling.

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• repellence

  1. Alternative form of repellency.

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• loathing

  1. Great dislike; abhorrence.

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• horror

  1. An intense, painful feeling of repugnance and fear.
  2. A state or condition marked by this feeling:
  3. An intense dislike or abhorrence:

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• hatred

  1. Intense animosity or hostility.

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• detestation

  1. Strong dislike or hatred; abhorrence.
  2. One that is detested.

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• aversion

  1. A fixed, intense dislike; repugnance:
  2. The cause or object of such a feeling:
  3. The avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because it has been associated with an unpleasant or painful stimulus.

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• antipathy

  1. Extreme dislike; aversion or repugnance.
  2. A feeling of aversion:

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• abomination

  1. Abhorrence; disgust.
  2. A cause of abhorrence or disgust.

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• abhorrence

  1. One that is disgusting, loathsome, or repellent.
  2. A feeling of repugnance or loathing.

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An object of extreme dislike

• horror

  1. An intense, painful feeling of repugnance and fear.
  2. A state or condition marked by this feeling:
  3. An intense dislike or abhorrence:

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• execration

  1. The act of cursing.
  2. A curse.
  3. Something that is cursed or loathed.

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• detestation

  1. Strong dislike or hatred; abhorrence.
  2. One that is detested.

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• bugbear

  1. A cause of fear, anxiety, or irritation:
  2. A difficult or persistent problem:
  3. A fearsome imaginary creature, especially one evoked to frighten children.

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• bête noire

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• aversion

  1. A fixed, intense dislike; repugnance:
  2. The cause or object of such a feeling:
  3. The avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because it has been associated with an unpleasant or painful stimulus.

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• anathema

  1. A formal ecclesiastical ban, curse, or excommunication.
  2. A vehement denunciation; a curse:
  3. One that is cursed or damned.

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• abomination

  1. Abhorrence; disgust.
  2. A cause of abhorrence or disgust.

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• abhorrence

  1. One that is disgusting, loathsome, or repellent.
  2. A feeling of repugnance or loathing.

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To detest

• hate like poison

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• have-it-in-for

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• look daggers at

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• be down on

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• owe a grudge to

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• view with horror

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• be disgusted with

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• have no use for

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• hold in contempt

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• be malevolent

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• mislike

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• hold aloof from

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• feel malice toward

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• look-down-upon

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• disfavor

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• have no stomach for

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• have no taste for

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• deride

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• hold-cheap

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• revolt against

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• reject

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• be tired of

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• be sick of

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• curse

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• esteem slightly

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• resent

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• denounce

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• nauseate

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• shun

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• disparage

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• recoil from

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• shrink from

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• spurn

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• bear a grudge against

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• have ill feelings toward

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• bear malice

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• object to

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• have no use for

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• feel repulsion for

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• be repelled by

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• have enough of

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• sicken at

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• not care for

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• shudder at

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• dislike intensely

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• swear eternal enmity

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• contemn

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• curse

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• anathematize

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• spit upon

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• look at with loathing

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• have an aversion toward

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• despise

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• scorn

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• loathe

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• abominate

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• execrate

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• abhor

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• detest

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*To dislike; often used with infinitive or participle

• be cold about

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• hold-cheap

  1. to have a low esteem for someone, to look down upon someone, to hold someone in contempt

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• get on one's high horse

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• look-down-one-s-nose

  1. (idiomatic, usually followed by at) To regard as inferior or distasteful; to hold in contempt.

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• speak-ill-of

  1. To defame; to criticize.

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• look-down-upon

  1. Alternative form of look down on.

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• look coldly upon

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• turn up one's nose at

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• shy-away

  1. to draw back in fear, cringe, back down

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• be reluctant

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• blench from

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• wince from

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• turn from

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• quail from

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• steer clear of

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• keep clear of

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• wish to abstain from

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• not have the heart to

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• eschew

  1. To avoid using, accepting, participating in, or partaking of:
  2. To refrain from (doing something).

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• hesitate

  1. To pause or wait in uncertainty:
  2. To be slow to act, speak, or decide:
  3. To be reluctant:

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• put off

  1. To procrastinate
  2. to delay (a task, event, or deadline)
  3. to offend, repulse, or frighten

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• feel sick at

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• demur

  1. To voice opposition; object:
  2. To enter a demurrer.
  3. To delay.

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• pull back from

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• shun

  1. To avoid using, accepting, engaging in, or partaking of:
  2. To refuse to accept socially; avoid having social contact with:
  3. To stay away from; not go to:

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• struggle against

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• wish to avoid

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• disapprove of

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• be disinclined

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• have no stomach for

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• have no taste for

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• mind

  1. The part or faculty of a person by which one feels, perceives, thinks, remembers, desires, and imagines:
  2. A person of great mental ability:
  3. Individual consciousness, memory, or recollection:

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• avoid

  1. To stay clear of; go around or away from:
  2. To take measures so as not to meet or see (someone):
  3. To prevent from happening:

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• shun

  1. To avoid using, accepting, engaging in, or partaking of:
  2. To refuse to accept socially; avoid having social contact with:
  3. To stay away from; not go to:

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• not relish the idea

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• find obnoxious

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• be set against

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• find abhorrent

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• have no liking for

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• not like

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• think nothing of

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• shudder at

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• shrink from

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• recoil from

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• rebel

  1. To refuse allegiance to and oppose by force an established government or ruling authority.
  2. To resist or defy an authority or a generally accepted convention.
  3. To feel or express strong unwillingness or repugnance:

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• object to

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