detestableness
Quality inspiring revulsion
The quality of being detestable—worthy of intense dislike or hatred.
A literary or formal term for what makes something loathsome or abhorrent: the sheer detestableness of his betrayal, Nothing could mask the detestableness of the crime.
Detestability serves the same purpose and is equally rare.
Extreme hatred or disgust
- revulsionIntense physical disgust
- odiumIntense hatred or disgrace
- execrationSpoken expression of hatred
- hatredIntense hostile aversion
contempt · repulsion · animosity · enmity · malice · hostility · aversion · anathema
Mild negative regard
- aversionIntense dislike or repugnance
- animosityActive, bitter hostility
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
- ill-willHostile or unkind feeling
animus · spite · grudge · bitterness · disdain · hostility · alienation · malevolence
Intense physical disgust
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- distasteMild aversion or dislike
- repugnanceIntense distaste or disgust
- offensivenessQuality of causing affront
foulness · vileness · repellence · yuckiness · sickening · grossness · nauseousness · queasiness
abhorrence
Extreme hatred or disgust
- revulsionIntense physical disgust
- odiumIntense hatred or disgrace
- execrationSpoken expression of hatred
hatred · contempt · repulsion · animosity · enmity · malice · hostility · aversion · anathema · abomination
dislike
Mild negative regard
- aversionIntense dislike or repugnance
- animosityActive, bitter hostility
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
ill-will · animus · spite · grudge · bitterness · disdain · hostility · alienation · malevolence · antagonism
revulsion
Intense physical disgust
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- distasteMild aversion or dislike
- repugnanceIntense distaste or disgust
offensiveness · foulness · vileness · repellence · yuckiness · sickening · grossness · nauseousness · queasiness · stomach-turning
detestablenesslovableness
Quality inspiring fondness
admirability · lovability · loveliness · adorableness · endearingness
protest, contest, detest, attest, detestable, testament, detested, detestation, detesting