Synonyms for hatred
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Noun
1. Hate
hate, animosity, hostility, antipathy, loathing, enmity, malice, abhorrence, disgust, detestation, malevolence, bitterness, odium formal, dislike, horror, rancor US, rancour UK, misanthropy, grudge, aversion, malignity, repugnance, acrimony
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Definitions
- n. 1
A strong aversion; an intense dislike.
Forms
- Plural
- hatreds → hates, animosities, hostilities, antipathies…
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A natural antipathy may give rise to opposition which may result in hatred and hostility.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- hate All the members of the committee hate one another.
- hostility Hostility destroys things. Good will builds things.
- animosity Then that animosity is being passed on down to us?
- antipathy I experienced a feeling of antipathy towards the speaker.
By length
- 4 letters
- hate1, ande
- 5 letters
- odium
- 6 letters
- horror2, malice2, grudge1, enmity3, rancor2
- 7 letters
- dislike2, disgust2, rancour
- 8 letters
- loathing2, aversion3, acrimony4
- 9 letters
- hostility4, animosity5, antipathy4, malignity
- 10 letters
- bitterness3, abhorrence3, repugnance
- 11 letters
- malevolence, misanthropy, detestation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (horror2 = 2 syllables).