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Loathing

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abhorrencenoun(uncountable, countable) Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing.
odiumnounHatred; dislike.
execrationnounAn act or instance of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; an imprecation; an expression of utter detestation.
detestationnounHate coupled with disgust; abhorrence.
abominationnoun(countable) An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit.

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detestationnounHate coupled with disgust; abhorrence.
abhorrencenoun(uncountable, countable) Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing.
odiumnounHatred; dislike.
abominationnoun(countable) An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit.
execrationnounAn act or instance of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; an imprecation; an expression of utter detestation.
revulsionnounAbhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror.
hatenounHatred.
hatrednounA strong aversion; an intense dislike.
disgustnounAn intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.
repugnancenounExtreme aversion, repulsion.
aversionnounOpposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning.
disdainnoun(uncountable) A feeling of contempt or scorn.
dislikenounAn attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.
contemptnoun(uncountable) The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.
scornnoun(uncountable) Contempt or disdain.
reluctancenounUnwillingness to do something.
outragenoun(uncountable) The resentful, indignant, or shocked anger aroused by such acts.
indignationnounAn anger aroused by something perceived as an indignity, notably an offense or injustice.
horrornoun(countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
enmitynounA state or feeling of opposition, hostility, hatred or animosity.

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