abominate

  • 121abhor — verb Syn: hate, detest, loathe, despise, regard with disgust, shudder at; formal abominate Ant: love, admire …

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  • 122execrate — ex•e•crate [[t]ˈɛk sɪˌkreɪt[/t]] v. crat•ed, crat•ing 1) to detest utterly; abhor; abominate 2) to curse; imprecate evil upon; denounce 3) to utter curses • Etymology: 1555–65; < L ex(s) ecrātus, ptp. of ex(s) ecrārī to curse ex′e•cra tive… …

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  • 123execrate — [c]/ˈɛksəkreɪt / (say eksuhkrayt) verb (execrated, execrating) –verb (t) 1. to detest utterly; abhor; abominate. 2. to curse; imprecate evil upon. –verb (i) 3. to utter curses. {Latin ex(s)ecrātus, past participle, having cursed} –execrator, noun …

  • 124abhor — [v] regard with contempt or disgust abominate, be allergic to*, be down on*, be grossed out by*, despise, detest, hate, have no use for*, loathe, scorn; concept 29 Ant. admire, adore, approve, cherish, desire, enjoy, like, love, relish …

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  • 125despise — [v] look down on abhor, abominate, allergic to*, contemn, deride, detest, disdain, disregard, eschew, execrate, feel contempt for, flout, hate, have no use for*, loathe, look down nose at*, misprize, neglect, put down*, reject, renounce,… …

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  • 126detest — [v] hate; feel disgust toward abhor, abominate, be allergic to, despise, dislike intensely, down on, execrate, feel aversion toward, feel hostility toward, feel repugnance toward, have no use for*, loathe, recoil from, reject, repudiate; concept… …

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  • 127disgust — [n] aversion; repulsion abhorrence, abomination, antipathy, detestation, dislike, distaste, hatefulness, hatred, loathing, nausea, nauseation, nauseousness, objection, repugnance, revolt, revulsion, satiation, satiety, sickness, surfeit; concepts …

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  • 128dislike — [n] antagonism, hatred toward something animosity, animus, antipathy, aversion, deprecation, detestation, disapprobation, disapproval, disesteem, disfavor, disgust, disinclination, displeasure, dissatisfaction, distaste, enmity, hostility,… …

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