detestation
Feeling of abhorrence
Detestation is intense dislike or loathing—stronger than mere dislike, suggesting deep-seated aversion: Her detestation of hypocrisy was well known.
The word is somewhat formal, appearing more often in written than spoken English.
What provokes detestation typically offends one's values or sensibilities, not just preferences.
Intense, settled disgust
- abhorrenceExtreme hatred or disgust
- hatredIntense hostile aversion
- execrationSpoken expression of hatred
- odiumIntense hatred or disgrace
animosity · enmity · hostility · malice · spite · rancor · venom · bile
Intense physical disgust
- repugnanceIntense distaste or disgust
- repulsionDisgust or pushing-away force
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- distasteMild aversion or dislike
abomination · horror · foulness · vileness · recoil · shudder · aversion · squeamishness
Deliberate keeping away
- spurningContemptuously refusing or dismissing
- shunningDeliberately avoiding someone
- ostracismBanishment from a group
- disapprovalUnfavorable opinion expressed
objection · opposition · resistance · unwillingness · refusal · rebuff · exclusion · denunciation
loathing
Intense, settled disgust
- abhorrenceExtreme hatred or disgust
- hatredIntense hostile aversion
- execrationSpoken expression of hatred
odium · animosity · enmity · hostility · malice · spite · rancor · venom · bile · animus
revulsion
Intense physical disgust
- repugnanceIntense distaste or disgust
- repulsionDisgust or pushing-away force
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
distaste · abomination · horror · foulness · vileness · recoil · shudder · aversion · squeamishness · sickening
avoidance
Deliberate keeping away
- spurningContemptuously refusing or dismissing
- shunningDeliberately avoiding someone
- ostracismBanishment from a group
disapproval · objection · opposition · resistance · unwillingness · refusal · rebuff · exclusion · denunciation · condemnation
- aversionaversion, disgust, hatred, repulsion, loathing
- aversionsaversion, dislike, distaste, hatred, loathing
- disgustdisgust, disgusting, disgusted, revulsion, repulsion
- hatredhate, hateful, abhor, abhorrence, loathe
- angeranger, rage, fury, wrath, ire
- self-loathingself-hatred, self-loathing, self-contempt, self-disgust, self-abasement
detestationadoration
Profound loving regard
love · devotion · worship · veneration · affection
detestationtolerance
Willingness to accept difference
acceptance · approval · indifference · equanimity · forbearance
detestationembrace
Hold closely in arms
acceptance · approval · admiration · welcome · tolerance
detest, detestable, detested, detests, detesting, detestably, detester