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What is another word for hate?

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Noun

An intense dislike

A personal dislike or source of irritation

Something or someone that one vehemently abhors or dislikes

Verb

To feel an intense dislike for

Used politely to express regretdisappointment or embarrassment

To express displeasure or indignation towards someone or something

To a prejudicial distinction in the treatment of different categories of people

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An intense dislike

loathing	abomination
aversion	detestation
dislike	hatred
abhorrence	animosity
antipathy	disdain
hostility	antagonism
distaste	enmity
malice	resentment
acrimony	coldness
disapproval	disgust
displeasure	execration
grudge	malignance
pique	prejudice
repugnance	revulsion
animus	bitterness
contempt	malevolence
objection	rancor^US
rancour^UK	repulsion
scorn	spite
venom	disrelish
horror	malignity
mislike	odium
bad feeling	extreme dislike
ill feeling	ill will
strong dislike	derision
despisal	despite
disparagement	disregard
disrespect	opprobrium
scornfulness	spitefulness
spleen	nastiness
malignancy	maliciousness
bad blood	hatefulness
vindictiveness	viciousness
meanness	gall
cattiness	jaundice
despitefulness	repellency
umbrage	opposition
evil	repellence
bile	indignity
dissatisfaction	resentfulness
nausea	virulence
vengefulness	poisonousness
venomousness	disinclination
unfriendliness	disfavour^UK
disfavor^US	maleficence
hard feelings	poison
anathema	unkindness
anger	vitriol
wickedness	yuck factor
friction	indisposition
feud	down
contemptuousness	irritation
annoyance	cruelty
despisement	conflict
discord	acerbity
vexation	dissension
harsh feeling	hateful feeling
rivalry	choler
condemnation	misprision
hurtfulness	grudges
mordacity	disgruntlement
grievance	grievances
dudgeon	envy
peeve	disliking
revengefulness	wrath
revenge	allergy
offence^UK	offense^US
no love lost	chip on your shoulder
mean-spiritedness	ill feelings
dislike of	distaste for
strong aversion	intense dislike
indignation	rage
fury	resistance
outrage	exasperation
contention	evilness
sourness	unpleasantness
contrariety	rancorousness
alienation	needle
reluctance	perniciousness
ignominy	ire
balefulness	foeship
enemyship	uncordiality
enemyhood	ferocity
peevishness	dread
censure	vengeance
passion	score
embitterment	oppugnancy
acrimoniousness	crossness
discontentment	huff
repugnancy	embitteredness
evil intentions	revolt
averseness	bad feelings
cantankerousness	having no use for
rise	vendetta
bad will	deadliness
disapprobation	disesteem
depravity	militancy
invidiousness	incompatibility
noxiousness	dyspathy
savagery	disagreement
ill-will	harshness
fierceness	brutishness
ferociousness	violence
acidity	injuriousness
uncharitableness	competition
aggression	deprecation
discountenance	toxicity
pungency	abusiveness
obnoxiousness	offensiveness
causticity	harmfulness
hardness of heart	waspishness
bitter feeling	bone to pick
pettishness	bother
irritant	gripe
trouble	pain
bugbear	nuisance
pet peeve	grudgingness
biliousness	ill nature
vituperation	condescension
brutality	avoidance
phobia	badness
shrewishness	disapprobation of
disinclination towards	dissatisfaction with
aversion to	disapproval of
displeasure with	disaccord
oppugnation	distrust
discontent with	hate for
lovelessness	daggers
snobbishness	mutual hostility
bad vibes	devilry
devilment	indifference
contumely	backbiting
dismissiveness	sneering
mischievousness	implacability
malintent	misappreciation
insolence	ridicule
evil intent	miff
discontent	angriness
birse	mad
mood	hurt
chagrin	irritability
vehemence	perturbation
cynicism	irascibility
testiness	exacerbation
fog	tetchiness
conniption	snappishness
crabbiness	dander
querulousness	lividity
temper	madness
lividness	furor^US
wrathfulness	irateness
flare-up	bad mood
ill humour	storm
hot temper	boiling point
furore^UK	stew
air rage	bad temper
asperity	high dudgeon
extreme anger	war
estrangement	disaffection
truculency	pugnaciousness
inimicality	bellicoseness
virulency	truculence
warpath	dispute
argument	hassle
belligerence	fight
tiff	quarrel
pugnacity	strife
falling-out	disharmony
dissidence	dissent
row	bellicosity
bickering	tantrum
aggressiveness	aggravation
acridity	combativeness
schism	acridness
discordance	tartness
mordancy	militance
altercation	wrangle
acidness	clash
corrosiveness	disputation
squabble	contentiousness
spat	belligerency
faction	argumentativeness
petulance	infuriation
variance	impatience
disunion	discordancy
disunity	dissonance
combativity	inharmony
division	infighting
falling out	dissention
grief	warfare
feistiness	misunderstanding
fighting	difference
tension	scrappiness
disputatiousness	quarrelsomeness
defiance	militantness
tizzy	assaultiveness
run-in	rankling
frustration	distemper
soreness	ill-temper
slow burn	hissy fit
cat fit	blow up
ill humor	inhospitality
unsociability	quarrelling^UK
shock	surliness
froideur	wrangling
aloofness	fit
outburst	affray
squabbling	iciness
bicker	wounded feelings
fracas	factionalism
barney	frostiness
coolness	clashing
brawl	martiality
agitation	quarreling^US
words	argy-bargy
scrap	shouting match
battle royal	war of words
set-to	contrariness
dyspepsia	warlike nature
provocation	botheration
trenchancy	astringency
disillusionment	inimicalness
restlessness	pip
aggro	ugliness
nasty behavior	exchange
tussle	tangle
lather	being on the warpath
fume	broil
upset	souring
remoteness	dustup
ruction	difference of opinion
bluster	ferment
ill-disposedness	beef
apathy	disagreeableness
road rage	bad chemistry
blood feud	personality conflict
churlishness	controversy
fear	divided loyalties
fractiousness	litigiousness
destructiveness	debate
fuss	contest
willingness to fight	contretemps
struggle	combat
pitilessness	mercilessness
battle	blowup
oppugnance	discrepancy
clashes	emulation
striving	hang-up
sparring	imbroglio
kickup	rammy
afters	jarring
donnybrook	rhubarb
slanging match	rupture
cross fire	ding-dong
split	argle-bargle
turf war	tug of war
complex	neurosis
terror	fright
irrationality	thing
bee in your bonnet	paranoia
unforgiveness	unwillingness to forgive
feuding	arguing
flak	rumpus
jar	counteraction
ruckus	sour note

“Jon Snow felt nothing but hate for Ramsay Bolton over the way he had treated Sansa.”

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Noun

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A personal dislike or source of irritation

peeve	aggravation
aversion	bugbear
frustration	annoyance
complaint	grievance
objection	bane
exasperation	quibble
bother	dread
hassle	headache
irk	irritation
nuisance	irritant
problem	vexation
dislike	pain
anathema	hang-up
pet aversion	pet hate
pet peeve	pain in the neck
pain in the rear	bane of one's life
thorn in the flesh	thorn in one's side
pest	bête noir
inconvenience	botheration
trial	ruffle
thorn	aggro
rub	concern
ghost	bete noire
pain in the bum	pain in the backside
bête noire	hair shirt
trouble	drag
worry	plague
difficulty	nark
bore	nudnik
grief	fair cow
skelf	bind
source of annoyance	gall
source of irritation	tribulation
nyaff	menace
distress	tease
burden	blister
strain	provocation
worriment	rigmarole
palaver	pill
torment	nag
source of vexation	besetment
stress	nudnick
teaser	hindrance
uphill	gadfly
annoyer	scourge
pinprick	upset
snag	persecutor
curse	gnawer
blight	infuriation
pip	affliction
discomfort	infliction
irksomeness	creep
gripe	bummer
sore point	source of aggravation
cross to bear	burr under someone's saddle
burr in someone's saddle	nightmare
issue	nudge
goad	dilemma
predicament	cuss
quagmire	struggle
fuss	care
cross	disruption
displeasure	embarrassment
schmo	inopportuneness
groan	unhappiness
agitation	chagrin
downer	cause for concern
stressor	handful
chip on your shoulder	cause of distress
pain in the behind	trials and tribulations
fizzle	source of disruption
uphill battle	tall order
hard work	bad news
thorn in your side	drip
old one-two	bitter pill
terror	offense^US
offence^UK	pesterer
obstacle	botherment
bum	pester
hateful object	personal hate
personal vexation	anxiety
pressure	molestation
perplexity	job
flurry	bellyache
thorny problem

“Richard's biggest pet hate is walking behind slow groups of people when he is in a hurry.”

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Noun

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Something or someone that one vehemently abhors or dislikes

Verb

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To feel an intense dislike for

despise	detest
dislike	loathe
abhor	resent
abominate	execrate
mislike	oppose
scorn	disdain
spurn	deplore
disrelish	deprecate
disapprove	disfavor^US
disfavour^UK	dislike greatly
don't like	feel hostile towards
find intolerable	regard with disgust
bear a grudge against	can't stand
feel aversion towards	feel malice to
feel revulsion towards	object to
regard with contempt	be revolted by
be repelled by	look down on
have an aversion to	recoil from
shrink from	contemn
be allergic to	revile
have it in for	be unable to bear
have no use for	reject
shudder at	not be able to bear
be unable to stomach	condemn
feel aversion to	look down upon
shun	dis
deride	disrespect
diss	snoot
misprize	snub
reprove	repudiate
high-hat	sneer at
sniff at	have no liking for
hold in disfavour	take exception to
regard with distaste	not take kindly to
not appreciate	frown on
be unable to stand	be unable to abide
take a dim view of	treat with contempt
feel disgust for	not be able to stand
turn your nose up at	look down one's nose at
slight	eschew
belittle	mock
discountenance	disregard
disesteem	undervalue
scout	find repellent
frown upon	disapprove of
find distasteful	have a horror of
pour scorn on	show contempt for
be turned off to	be unable to tolerate
pooh-pooh	have no stomach for
have no taste	have no taste for
have a down on	scoff at
feel repugnance towards	feel contempt for
hold in contempt	find unacceptable
dislike intensely	look askance at
be contemptuous about	feel revulsion to
be down on	feel hostility to
have a strong aversion to	feel distaste for
think wrong	be against
regard with repugnance	jeer at
turn up one's nose at	distaste
dread	denounce
discommend	vilify
vilipend	discourage
resist	excoriate
slam	sneeze at
walk over	thumb nose at
fear	decry
be revolted	be repulsed
be grossed out by	anathematize
not stand for	greatly dislike
feel hostile to	feel repelled by
not go for	hold in disdain
take dim view of	have a poor opinion of
pass on	have a problem with
be displeased with	not believe in
be dissatisfied with	be hostile towards
dismiss	view with dislike
hold no brief for	not think much of
look down at	view with disfavour
have a low opinion of	be afraid of
not be able to stomach	feel contempt
refuse	revolt
decline	gibe
curse	curl your lip at
run down	spit on
be scornful about	spit in the face of
turn down	heap scorn on
turn back on	laugh at
spit in the eye of	down on
feel animosity to	be hostile to
feel aversion toward	feel hostility towards
feel repugnance toward	feel hostility toward
feel disgust towards	feel repugnance
can't bear	have aversion to
find disgusting	disparage
put down	antipathize
mind	reluct
regret	be averse to
disagree with	not endure
lose interest in	bear malice toward
tsk-tsk	grossed out on
not care for	have hard feelings
make faces at	tut about
tut-tut over	tut-tut about
tut over

“I hate not being able to have my cake and eat it too.”

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Used politely to express regretdisappointment or embarrassment

“I hate having to bother youbut would you mind moving out of the way?”

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To express displeasure or indignation towards someone or something

resent	begrudge
grudge	dislike
object to	feel aggrieved about
take exception to	be angry about
take offence at	take umbrage at
be annoyed about	be displeased about
be resentful of	be offended by
be bitter about	feel bitter about
take something amiss	bear a grudge about
feel aggrieved at	be angry at
be annoyed at	be displeased at
have hard feelings about	be insulted
be vexed	feel aggrieved
feel bitter	feel envious of
feel jealous of	feel sore
frown at	harbour a grudge against
not like	rail against
take amiss to	take exception
take offence^UK	take offense^US
take umbrage	bear a grudge
harbor a grudge	have hard feelings
show antipathy towards	take as an insult
take something ill	be in a huff
be in a huff about	be put off by
be rubbed wrong way	harbour a grudge about
get nose out of joint	mind
envy	regret
be envious of	be jealous of
loathe	complain about
hold against	pinch
stint	give stingily
be stingy	be reluctant
be pissed off about	give unwillingly
be dissatisfied with	give reluctantly
give stintingly	give resentfully
not take kindly to	be put out by
be annoyed by	be displeased by
be miffed at	not appreciate
be irritated by	not accept
be upset by	be affronted by
not tolerate	covet
be envious	be resentful
eat your heart out	be jealous