detestations
Objects of revulsion
Detestations are objects of intense hatred or loathing—things utterly despised.
The word carries formal or literary weight: Her detestations included cruelty to animals and willful ignorance.
Less commonly, detestations refers to the feeling itself rather than its targets: expressions of profound disgust or abhorrence.
Extreme hatred or disgust
- loathingIntense, settled disgust
- animosityActive, bitter hostility
- enmityBitter, lasting ill will
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
malevolence · malice · rancor · spite · venom · vindictiveness · wrath · animus
Ingrained, intense aversion
- disinclinationLack of desire
- distasteMild aversion or dislike
- disfavorLack of approval
- disrelishMild aversion or antipathy
repulsion · recoil · shunning · avoidance · rejection · resistance · objection · disapproval
Intense physical disgust
- repugnanceIntense distaste or disgust
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- abominationLoathsome, detestable thing
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
foulness · vileness · grossness · obnoxiousness · putridity · gruesomeness · odiousness · stomach-turning
Persistent sources of annoyance
- anathemasFormally denounced abominations
- abominationsIntensely loathed things
- nemesesInescapable, unconquerable opponents
- horrorsDeeply disturbing things
nightmares · scourges · plagues · banes · curses
abhorrence
Extreme hatred or disgust
hostility · malevolence · malice · rancor · spite · venom · vindictiveness · wrath · animus · contempt
antipathy
Ingrained, intense aversion
- disinclinationLack of desire
- distasteMild aversion or dislike
- disfavorLack of approval
disrelish · repulsion · recoil · shunning · avoidance · rejection · resistance · objection · disapproval · dislike
revulsion
Intense physical disgust
- repugnanceIntense distaste or disgust
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- abominationLoathsome, detestable thing
horror · foulness · vileness · grossness · obnoxiousness · putridity · gruesomeness · odiousness · stomach-turning · repellence
bugbears
Persistent sources of annoyance
- anathemasFormally denounced abominations
- abominationsIntensely loathed things
- nemesesInescapable, unconquerable opponents
detestationsloves
Feels deep affection for
adorations · passions · devotions · infatuations · affections
detestationstolerances
Allowable limits of variation
acceptances · indifferences · apathies · pet peeves · ambivalences