loather
One who abhors
A loather is someone who loathes—who feels intense disgust or hatred toward something.
The word is uncommon, since English speakers typically reach for "hater" or describe the feeling directly: He's a loather of small talk and forced pleasantries.
Intense hostile aversion
- disgustIntense physical aversion
- revulsionIntense physical disgust
- abhorrenceExtreme hatred or disgust
- antipathyIngrained, intense aversion
distaste · repugnance · detestation · dislike · odium · execration · anathema · abomination
Active, bitter hostility
- enmityBitter, lasting ill will
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
- maliceIntent to cause harm
- spitePetty malicious intent
venom · bile · grudge · animus · ill-will · malevolence · rancor · bitterness
Hostile dismissive feeling
- disdainScornful disregard
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- sneeringExpressing scorn facially
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
ridicule · disparagement · denigration · condescension · snobbery · haughtiness · contumely · superciliousness
hatred
Intense hostile aversion
- disgustIntense physical aversion
- revulsionIntense physical disgust
- abhorrenceExtreme hatred or disgust
antipathy · distaste · repugnance · detestation · dislike · odium · execration · anathema · abomination · recoil
animosity
Active, bitter hostility
- enmityBitter, lasting ill will
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
- maliceIntent to cause harm
spite · venom · bile · grudge · animus · ill-will · malevolence · rancor · bitterness · resentment
scorn
Hostile dismissive feeling
mockery · ridicule · disparagement · denigration · condescension · snobbery · haughtiness · contumely · superciliousness · dismissiveness
- fear and loathingCombined terror and disgust
loathe, loathing, loath, loathsome, loathed, loathes, loathingly, loathers, loathsomeness