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Abhorrence
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noun1.a feeling of extreme repugnance or aversion; utter loathing;abomination.2.something or someone extremely repugnant or loathsome
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Anathema
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noun, plural -mas.1.a person or thing detested or loathed: That subject isanathema to him.2.a person or thing accursed or consigned to damnation ordestruction.3.a formal ecclesiastical curse involving excommunication.4.any imprecation of divine punishment.5.a curse; execration.
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Antagonism
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noun1.an active hostility or opposition, as between unfriendly orconflicting groups: the antagonism between the liberal andthe conservative parties.2.an opposing force, principle, or tendency: Her plan tobecome an actress met with the antagonism of her family.3.Physiology . an opposing action, as by one muscle in relationto another.4.the opposing action of substances, as drugs, that whentaken together decrease the effectiveness of at least one ofthem ( contrasted with synergism).5.Ecology .a.a relationship between two species of organisms in whichthe individuals of each species adversely affect theother, as in competition.b.the inhibition of the growth of one type of organism by adifferent type that is competing for the same ecologicalniche.
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Antipathy
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noun, plural -thies.1.a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance; aversion.2.an instinctive contrariety or opposition in feeling.3.an object of natural aversion or habitual dislike.
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Detestation
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noun1.abhorrence; hatred.2.a person or thing detested.
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Enmity
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noun, plural -ties.a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity;antagonism.
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Loathing
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nounstrong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
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Malice
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–noun1.desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, eitherbecause of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seatedmeanness: the malice and spite of a lifelong enemy.2.Law . evil intent on the part of a person who commits awrongful act injurious to others.
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Odium
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noun1.intense hatred or dislike, esp. toward a person or thingregarded as contemptible, despicable, or repugnant.2.the reproach, discredit, or opprobrium attaching to somethinghated or repugnant: He had to bear the odium of neglectinghis family.3.the state or quality of being hated.
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Rancor
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–nounbitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
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