hated someone's guts
Felt visceral revulsion
To hate someone's guts is to despise them intensely—a visceral loathing that goes beyond ordinary dislike.
The phrase emphasizes the physical, gut-level nature of the hatred: I hated his guts from the moment we met.
It's informal and emphatic, often used when ordinary "hate" feels insufficient.
- loathingIntense, settled disgust
- feudBitter ongoing rivalry
- abhorrenceExtreme hatred or disgust
- detestationIntense, thorough hatred
- can't standStrongly dislike, find intolerable
anger · enmity · grudge · vendetta · bad blood · hostility · contempt · revulsion · bitterness · resentment · no love lost · spitefulness · animosity · antagonism · disgust · antipathy · disdain · estrangement
emotional intensity toward a person
hated someone's gutsworshipped the ground someone walked on
Extreme admiration for another
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