loathe
Feel strong revulsion
Loathe means to feel intense disgust or hatred toward something: I loathe getting up early, She loathes her ex-husband.
The feeling is stronger than dislike—closer to revulsion.
Not to be confused with loath (without the e), which is an adjective meaning reluctant: He was loath to admit his mistake.
Intensely dislike, with disgust
- detestFeel strong aversion
- despiseHate with contempt
- execrateDespise and denounce
- abominateHate deeply, viscerally
scorn · spurn · reject · shun · eschew · condemn · revile · disdain
Intense hostile aversion
- abhorrenceExtreme hatred or disgust
- detestationIntense, thorough hatred
- revulsionIntense physical disgust
- disgustIntense physical aversion
repugnance · contempt · antipathy · animosity · hostility · enmity · malice · spite
abhor
Intensely dislike, with disgust
abominate · scorn · spurn · reject · shun · eschew · condemn · revile · disdain · disapprove
hatred
Intense hostile aversion
- abhorrenceExtreme hatred or disgust
- detestationIntense, thorough hatred
- revulsionIntense physical disgust
disgust · repugnance · contempt · antipathy · animosity · hostility · enmity · malice · spite · venom
abomination
Loathsome, detestable thing
bugbear · pet peeve · nightmare · horror · eyesore · monstrosity · pariah · plague · curse · scourge
- disgustdisgust, disgusting, disgusted, revulsion, repulsion
- Dislikeshate, despise, detest, abhor, dislike
- hatredhate, hateful, abhor, abhorrence, detest
- negative verbsdeny, refuse, reject, decline, forbid
- preferencespreferences, prefer, likes, like, liking
- mental verbsthink, believe, know, imagine, remember