Thesaurus / detest
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Shanghai’s detested social life was forgotten, as were the constant pressures to conform to etiquette, the responsibilities of clandestine activities, and the unnecessary worries about my son … I was no longer afraid.’
THE MOM WHO STOLE THE BLUEPRINTS FOR THE ATOMIC BOMB (THE FREAKONOMICS RADIO BOOK CLUB EP. 11)SARAH LYALLSEPTEMBER 25, 2021FREAKONOMICSShe said she was undaunted and in fact eager to repair the reputation of a much-detested agency essential to the country’s operation.
MARGARET RICHARDSON, IRS COMMISSIONER DURING CLINTON’S FIRST TERM, DIES AT 78ADAM BERNSTEINJULY 13, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIf you detest vegetables and love fruit, you may wonder if you can get your five daily servings from fruit alone.
WHICH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES DON’T COUNT TOWARD YOUR ‘5 A DAY’? NEW STUDY HAS ANSWERS.CARA ROSENBLOOMMARCH 18, 2021WASHINGTON POSTDesigners detest knobs and buttons cluttering their sleek dashboards.
FORD’S ELECTRIC MUSTANG MACH-E IS AN IMPORTANT LEAP INTO THE FUTUREDAN CARNEYFEBRUARY 12, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEHe can desire and wish only what he judges advantageous for himself; he can not love pain nor detest pleasure.
SUPERSTITION IN ALL AGES (1732)JEAN MESLIERAnd as men of learning are conservative in their sympathies, so they generally are fond of peace and detest war.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME IJOHN LORDThey pay their addresses to the same mistress; but they cordially detest each other.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN THREE VOLUMES, VOL.III.E. FARR AND E. H. NOLANThe leaders mutually despise and detest one another, and universally endeavour to deceive and supplant each other.
DEVIL-WORSHIP IN FRANCEARTHUR EDWARD WAITE"I detest this voyage to Naples," he wrote to St. Vincent, two days before reaching the port.
THE LIFE OF NELSON, VOL. I (OF 2)A. T. (ALFRED THAYER) MAHANI know right well how you detest all letter-writing; I know, too, that you never waste your time.
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL REMINISCENCES WITH FAMILY LETTERS AND NOTES ON MUSICCHARLES GOUNODWORDS RELATED TO DETEST
- abhorred
- abominated
- antipathized
- avoided
- be turned off to
- bore malice toward
- condemned
- contemned
- deplored
- despised
- detested
- disapproved
- disesteemed
- disfavored
- disrelished
- eschewed
- execrated
- grossed out on
- had hard feelings
- had no stomach for
- had no taste for
- loathed
- looked down on
- lost interest in
- made faces at
- minded
- not appreciated
- not cared for
- not endured
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- objected to
- regretted
- resented
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- minds
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- objects to
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- condemning
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- despising
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- disrelishing
- eschewing
- execrating
- grossing out on
- having hard feelings
- having no stomach for
- having no taste for
- loathing
- looking down on
- losing interest in
- making faces at
- minding
- not appreciating
- not caring for
- not enduring
- not feeling like
- not taking kindly to
- objecting to
- regretting
- resenting
- scorning
- shudder at
- shunning
- abhor
- abominate
- allergic to
- anathematize
- be disgusted with
- be hostile to
- be loath
- be reluctant
- be repelled by
- be sick of
- be sorry
- bear a grudge against
- can't stand
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- curse
- deprecate
- deride
- despise
- detest
- disapprove
- disdain
- disfavor
- disparage
- down on
- execrate
- feel malice to
- have an aversion to
- have enough of
- have no use for
- loathe
- look down on
- nauseate
- not care for
- object to
- recoil from
- scorn
- shudder at
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- spit upon
- spurn
- abhors
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- allergic to
- anathematizes
- be disgusts with
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- disapproves
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- execrates
- feels malice to
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- has enough of
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- anathematizing
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- bearing a grudge against
- being hostile to
- being loath
- being reluctant
- being sick of
- being sorry
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- contemning
- cursing
- deprecating
- deriding
- despising
- detesting
- disapproving
- disdaining
- disfavoring
- disparaging
- down on
- execrating
- feeling malice to
- having an aversion to
- having enough of
- having no use for
- loathing
- looking down on
- nauseating
- not caring for
- objecting to
- recoil from
- scorning
- shudder at
- shunning
- spitting upon
- spurning
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