What is another word for detest?
Pronunciation:
[ dɪtˈɛst], [ dɪtˈɛst], [ d_ɪ_t_ˈɛ_s_t]
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Similar words for detest:
- other relevant words (adjective)
- detest (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- abhor (verb)
- despise (verb)
- dislike (verb)
- disrelish (verb)
- emotion (verb)
- execrate (verb)
- hate; feel disgust toward (verb)
- loathe (verb)
- mislike (verb)
- neglect (verb)
- other synonyms
- dislike
- hate
- neglect
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Detest:
adj.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)n.
• detest (noun) • Other relevant words: (noun)v.
• abhor (verb)- hast no use for,
- wast grossed out by,
- was down on,
- de testing,
- hath no use for,
- being down on,
- de-tested,
- was allergic to,
- is allergic to,
- de tested,
- being grossed out by,
- de-testing,
- art allergic to,
- were grossed out by,
- am allergic to,
- wert down on,
- am down on,
- has no use for,
- is grossed out by,
- wert grossed out by,
- wast down on,
- wast allergic to,
- art grossed out by,
- had no use for,
- were down on,
- am grossed out by,
- were allergic to,
- are down on,
- being allergic to,
- are grossed out by,
- was grossed out by,
- is down on,
- wert allergic to,
- are allergic to,
- hadst no use for,
- haddest no use for.
- mis prize,
- de ride,
- re vile,
- dis-regarded,
- feeling contempt for,
- allergicking to,
- looking down nose at,
- dis regards,
- de rides,
- mis-prize,
- de riding,
- feels contempt for,
- under-valuing,
- de-ride,
- misprizes,
- allergics to,
- dis regarded,
- mis prizing,
- dis-regard,
- under valuing,
- mis-prizes,
- under-values,
- mis prized,
- under-value,
- dis-regards,
- dis-regarding,
- re-vile,
- mis prizes,
- under values,
- allergicked to,
- de-riding,
- looked down nose at,
- under valued,
- de-rides,
- mis-prizing,
- dis regarding,
- under-valued,
- mis-prized,
- looks down nose at,
- dis regard,
- under value,
- felt contempt for.
- has no taste for,
- beared malice toward,
- bore malice toward,
- hast no taste for,
- art turned off to,
- dis liked,
- not appreciating,
- dis favors,
- was turned to,
- dis-favor,
- dis esteems,
- re-sent,
- grossedding out on,
- had no stomach for,
- not appreciates,
- being averse to,
- dis approved,
- haddest hard feelings,
- dis favored,
- shudders at,
- hath no stomach for,
- dis-approves,
- dis-approved,
- haddest no stomach for,
- dis-favoring,
- bearing malice toward,
- not endures,
- wert turned to,
- dis-esteeming,
- loses interest in,
- hadst hard feelings,
- hath hard feelings,
- am turned off to,
- dis-esteemed,
- not endured,
- is turned to,
- is turned off to,
- hadst no taste for,
- not appreciated,
- are turned off to,
- re-sents,
- lost interest in,
- bare malice toward,
- hast no stomach for,
- dis esteem,
- not feel liking,
- losing interest in,
- makes faces at,
- dis approve,
- has no stomach for,
- has hard feelings,
- re sent,
- having hard feelings,
- looked down on,
- antipathizes,
- be turned to,
- dis esteemed,
- were averse to,
- objecting to,
- dis liking,
- making faces at,
- hast hard feelings,
- objected to,
- having no stomach for,
- dis-favored,
- shuddered at,
- hadst no stomach for,
- are averse to,
- were turned to,
- being turned off to,
- dis-approve,
- is averse to,
- dis-approving,
- grosseds out on,
- wert turned off to,
- wert averse to,
- not feel likes,
- wast turned to,
- dis approves,
- art turned to,
- dis-esteem,
- dis-esteems,
- am turned to,
- not feel liked,
- dis-favors,
- are turned to,
- wast averse to,
- re sents,
- shuddering at,
- were turned off to,
- dis esteeming,
- art averse to,
- objects to,
- am averse to,
- bears malice toward,
- dis favor,
- had no taste for,
- dis favoring,
- not enduring,
- was averse to,
- dis-liked,
- being turned to,
- had hard feelings,
- hath no taste for,
- antipathizing,
- having no taste for,
- was turned off to,
- grossedded out on,
- dis approving,
- made faces at,
- dis-liking,
- haddest no taste for,
- wast turned off to,
- antipathized.
- dis relish,
- dis-tasting,
- dis-relished,
- dis tasting,
- dis-taste,
- dis-relishing,
- dis taste,
- dis relishes,
- dis relished,
- dis-relishes,
- dis-tasted,
- dis-relish,
- dis relishing,
- dis tastes,
- dis tasted,
- dis-tastes.
- re-probated,
- re-prove,
- re probated,
- re-proves,
- re-proving,
- re proved,
- re-probate,
- re probate,
- accurses,
- accursing,
- re probating,
- re probates,
- re proves,
- re-probating,
- re-probates,
- re prove,
- re-proved.
- feel repugnance toward,
- reject,
- dislike intensely,
- repudiate,
- feel hostility toward,
- feel aversion toward.
- found disgusting,
- re fused,
- de cline,
- finds disgusting,
- de clines,
- re-volts,
- feels repugnance,
- re-fused,
- re fuses,
- re fuse,
- re volts,
- felt repugnance,
- re fusing,
- de-cline,
- re-fuse,
- re volt,
- re-volt,
- de-clines,
- finding disgusting,
- feeling repugnance.
- kept at arm length,
- pays no mind,
- under estimates,
- keeps at arm's length,
- keeping at arm length,
- keep ones distance,
- keeps one distance,
- letted go,
- Pretermitted,
- hadst nothing do with,
- hast nothing do with,
- re-buffs,
- keeps arm's length,
- kept arm's length,
- re buffs,
- keeping ones distance,
- haddest nothing to do with,
- under-estimating,
- hast nothing to do with,
- keeping at arms length,
- keeping at arm's length,
- keep one distance,
- keeping arms length,
- keep arm length,
- re buffed,
- under-estimate,
- keep at arms length,
- keep at arm length,
- over looked,
- kept one distance,
- dis-counted,
- payed no mind,
- tuning out,
- keeping distance,
- keeps ones distance,
- tuned out,
- under estimate,
- under estimated,
- having nothing to do with,
- dis counting,
- payed no attention to,
- laughed off,
- dis counts,
- kept at arms length,
- Pretermitting,
- kept ones distance,
- having nothing do with,
- dis missed,
- hadst nothing to do with,
- lived with,
- over-look,
- paying no attention to,
- passing up,
- had nothing to do with,
- haddest nothing do with,
- kept at arm's length,
- keeping one's distance,
- dis-missing,
- dis-counts,
- keeps at arms length,
- laughs off,
- dis-counting,
- kept one's distance,
- paid no mind,
- kept distance,
- dis missing,
- hath nothing to do with,
- kept arms length,
- tunes out,
- over look,
- dis-missed,
- laughing off,
- keeps distance,
- makes light of,
- have nothing do with,
- making light of,
- re buff,
- has nothing to do with,
- hath nothing do with,
- keeping arm length,
- pretermits,
- re-buffed,
- keeps at arm length,
- over-looks,
- keeps arm length,
- re buffing,
- keeps one's distance,
- pays no attention to,
- dis counted,
- under-estimated,
- kept arm length,
- keep arms length,
- has nothing do with,
- re-buffing,
- passes up,
- keeps arms length,
- keeping one distance,
- keeping arm's length,
- paid no attention to,
- over-looking,
- over looks,
- had nothing do with.
Other synonyms:
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- have in for,
- take against,
- bear,
- deplore,
- allergic.
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- go off.
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- in.
- grossed out on,
- be turned off to,
- have hard feelings,
- not care for,
- Disrelish,
- Antipathize,
- not endure,
- bear malice toward,
- lose interest in,
- not feel like,
- not take kindly to,
- Disfavoring,
- be averse to,
- have no stomach for,
- have no taste for,
- Mislike,
- not appreciate,
- shudder at,
- Regretted,
- object to,
- make faces at,
- Disfavored.
- hated,
- spit upon,
- be loath,
- have an aversion to,
- bear a grudge against,
- be sick of,
- be sorry,
- down on,
- Hates,
- be repelled by,
- have enough of,
- be hostile to,
- be reluctant,
- be disgusted with,
- feel malice to,
- can't stand.
- neglect,
- pretermit,
- live with,
- paying no mind,
- letting go,
- pass up,
- passed up,
- Scanting,
- shrug off,
- neglected,
- living with,
- keep one's distance,
- pay no mind,
- under-estimates,
- tune out,
- scants,
- made light of,
- keep distance,
- keep arm's length,
- keep at arm's length,
- lets go,
- make light of,
- passed by,
- Scanted,
- laugh off,
- Slurring,
- have nothing to do with,
- pay no attention to.
- have no use for,
- misprizing,
- be allergic to,
- Accurse,
- find disgusting,
- Distasting,
- despise,
- undervalued,
- Reprobating,
- having no use for,
- abhor,
- Distasted,
- dislike,
- Misprize,
- be down on,
- Reprobated,
- loathe,
- feel contempt for,
- allergic to,
- feel repugnance,
- be grossed out by,
- look down nose at,
- have aversion to,
- misprized,
- hate,
- reprobates.
- loath,
- animosity,
- contemn,
- envious,
- distasteful,
- distractedly,
- contemptible,
- odium,
- resentment,
- suspicion,
- disgustedly,
- disgustingly,
- rancour,
- execration,
- lurid,
- nauseate,
- fierce,
- horrid,
- take amiss,
- nasty,
- shrink from,
- scowl,
- sneer at,
- whereby,
- disinclination,
- troublesome,
- turn from,
- loathing,
- abominable,
- ostracize,
- insufferable,
- horrifying,
- disesteem,
- detestation,
- dissent,
- resent,
- use,
- ailment,
- squeamishly,
- queasily,
- disease,
- denounce,
- fastidiously,
- foully,
- horrific,
- infamous,
- execrable,
- hellish,
- foul,
- shun,
- hatred,
- abhorrent,
- offensively,
- disgusting,
- sicken,
- revulsion,
- condemn,
- antipathy,
- objection,
- wicked,
- malice,
- tiresome,
- nauseatingly,
- atrocious,
- anathematize,
- horror,
- disfavor,
- Unlove,
- Irksome,
- lousy,
- repugnance,
- heinous,
- hat,
- tiredly,
- vilely,
- distastefully,
- anathema,
- revoltingly,
- ghoulish,
- contempt,
- loathsome,
- dreadful,
- revolt,
- repellently,
- disagreeable,
- hostility,
- nausea,
- filthy,
- reluctance,
- abomination,
- malevolence,
- grisly,
- sickness,
- repulsion,
- distaste,
- grudge,
- gruesome,
- imperfectly,
- disorder,
- be contemptuous of,
- spurn,
- how,
- sickeningly,
- detested,
- fulsome,
- abhorrence,
- rancor,
- curse,
- be jealous of,
- revile,
- hideous,
- indisposition,
- wearily,
- enmity,
- scorn,
- disfavour,
- mistrust,
- disgust,
- jealousy,
- jealous,
- abhors,
- ferocious,
- nauseously,
- mind,
- illness,
- accursed,
- be put,
- aversion,
- depreciate,
- repulsively,
- horrible.
How to use "Detest" in context?
When we think of the word "detest," we may automatically think of someone or something that we intensely dislike. We may also think of strong negative emotions, such as anger or hatred, towards that person or thing. However, the word "detest" can also be used to describe a feeling of intense dislike for a particular type of thing. For example, you might detest going to the same boring party every month, or you might detest working for a bosses who is always making unreasonable demands.
Paraphrases for Detest:
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
hated.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Homophones for Detest:
- digitate, decided, decked out, digit, disgust, dedicated, destitute, dockside, decayed, desiccate, dicky-seat, De Sade, doughty, dosed, do-si-do, dissected, dished, dissuade, disassociate, due east, duct, dog-sized, dakoity, docket, dacoit, dogwood, dasyatidae, desiccated, decked, detected, dakoit, degust, digested, desuetude, detached, decidua, dig out, dictated, deuced, die-cast, dedicate, disused, dacite, dugout, dickie-seat, ducat, dziggetai, dickey-seat, dissociate, disquiet, dead weight, dicot, dashed, dazed, dissect, disgusted, deceased, death squad, dejected, duckweed, dakota, decade, death seat, desist, duck shot, dighted, dusty, digest, dickhead, dictate, dioxide, decide, dogged, discoid, detect, dead set, do good, diskette, disquieted, dytiscidae, decode, dagda, diseased, due south, dacoity, detested, dodge city, deck out, detoxicate, disguised, decoct, dogtooth, deject, death's head, decussate, dust, deceit, disquietude, diazoxide, deduct, dish out, deist, due west.
Hypernym for Detest:
Hyponym for Detest:
v.
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emotion
dislike.
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emotion
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