Need another word that means the same as “detest”? Find 22 synonyms and 30 related words for “detest” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Detest” are: hate, abhor, loathe, despise, abominate, execrate, regard with disgust, feel disgust for, feel repugnance towards, feel distaste for, shrink from, recoil from, shudder at, be unable to bear, be unable to abide, feel hostility to, feel aversion to, feel animosity to, find intolerable, dislike, disdain, have an aversion to
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “detest” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| abhor | Regard with disgust and hatred. She abhors cats. |
| abominate | Detest; loathe. They abominated the very idea of monarchy. |
| be unable to abide | Spend or use time. |
| be unable to bear | Have an existence, be extant. |
| despise | Feel contempt or a deep repugnance for. He despises the people he has to work for. |
| disdain | Look down on with disdain. She remained standing pointedly disdaining his invitation to sit down. |
| dislike | Have or feel a dislike or distaste for. She disliked any kind of unnecessary rudeness. |
| execrate | Curse; swear. They were execrated as dangerous and corrupt. |
| feel animosity to | Perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles. |
| feel aversion to | Undergo passive experience of. |
| feel disgust for | Be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state. |
| feel distaste for | Pass one’s hands over the sexual organs of. |
| feel hostility to | Have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone’s behavior or attitude. |
| feel repugnance towards | Be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state. |
| find intolerable | Receive a specified treatment (abstract. |
| hate | Express strong dislike for; criticize or abuse. I can t hate on them for trying something new. |
| have an aversion to | Have ownership or possession of. |
| loathe | Feel intense dislike or disgust for. She loathed him on sight. |
| recoil from | Draw back, as with fear or pain. |
| regard with disgust | Look at attentively. |
| shrink from | Decrease in size, range, or extent. |
| shudder at | Tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement. |
| abhor | Find repugnant. He abhorred sexism in every form. |
| abhorrence | Hate coupled with disgust. The thought of marrying him filled her with abhorrence. |
| abhorrent | Offensive to the mind. An abhorrent deed. |
| abominate | Detest; loathe. They abominated the very idea of monarchy. |
| abomination | A person who is loathsome or disgusting. His treatment of the children is an abomination. |
| acrimony | A rough and bitter manner. The AGM dissolved into acrimony. |
| animosity | A feeling of ill will arousing active hostility. He no longer felt any animosity towards her. |
| animus | (in Jungian psychology) the masculine part of a woman’s personality. The author s animus towards her. |
| antipathy | A deep-seated feeling of aversion. Cats were his greatest antipathy. |
| aversion | A feeling of intense dislike. My dog s pet aversion is visitors particularly males. |
| despite | Contempt; disdain. She wanted neither favor nor despite. |
| detestation | Intense dislike. He is the detestation of the neighbourhood. |
| detested | Treated with dislike or contempt. |
| disfavor | The state of being out of favor. He is in disfavor with the king. |
| disgust | Cause (someone) to feel revulsion or strong disapproval. Some of the audience walked out in disgust. |
| disinclined | Unwilling; reluctant. The rural community was disinclined to abandon the old ways. |
| dislike | Have or feel a dislike or distaste for. He made no secret of his dislike of the police. |
| execrate | Curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment. They were execrated as dangerous and corrupt. |
| halfhearted | Feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm. A halfhearted effort. |
| hate | Have a strong aversion to (something. Richard s pet hate is filling in his tax returns. |
| loathe | Find repugnant. I loathe that man. |
| loathing | Hate coupled with disgust. The thought filled him with loathing. |
| misanthrope | Someone who dislikes people in general. Scrooge wasn t the mean spirited misanthrope most of us believe him to be. |
| misanthropic | Believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others. With his misanthropic outlook he was an ugly character. |
| misanthropy | A dislike of humankind. The streak of misanthropy in his nature. |
| odious | Unequivocally detestable- Edmund Burke. A pretty odious character. |
| odium | Hate coupled with disgust. He incurred widespread odium for military failures and government corruption. |
| reluctance | The property of a magnetic circuit of opposing the passage of magnetic flux lines, equal to the ratio of the magnetomotive force to the magnetic flux. She sensed his reluctance to continue. |
| reluctant | Disinclined to become involved. She seemed reluctant to answer. |
| unwilling | Not disposed or inclined toward. An unwilling smile. |
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