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  • 91Dislike — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Dislike >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 dislike dislike distaste disrelish disinclination displacency GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 reluctance reluctance Sgm: N 2 backwardness backwardness &c.(unwillingness) 603 …

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  • 92loathing — (n.) abhorrence, mid 14c., verbal noun from LOATHE (Cf. loathe) …

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  • 93loath — [ləʊθ] (also loth) adjective reluctant; unwilling: I was loath to leave. Origin OE lāth hostile , of Gmc origin. Usage Do not confuse loath and loathe. Loath is an adjective meaning ‘reluctant or unwilling’, as in I was loath to leave, whereas… …

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  • 94ненавидеть — НЕНАВИДЕТЬ1, несов. (сов. возненавидеть), кого что и с инф. Испытывать (испытать) чувство сильной вражды, неприязни к кому л., не выносить кого , чего л.; Ант.: любить [impf. to hate, loathe, execrate, feel hatred (of), have a very strong dislike …

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  • 95loath — meaning ‘averse, reluctant’, as in loath to comment, is spelt loath, not loth, and is pronounced lohth (like both). It should be distinguished from the verb loathe meaning ‘to hate’, which is pronounced lohdh. The adjective loathsome, meaning… …

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  • 96hate — [hāt] vt. hated, hating [ME hatien < OE hatian, akin to Ger hassen < IE base * k̑ād , bad temper > Gr kēdein, to trouble, kedos, grief, Welsh cas, hate] 1. to have strong dislike or ill will for; loathe; despise 2. to dislike or wish to… …

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  • 97laith — I. ˈlāth Britain variant of lathe II. ˈlāth Scotland variant of loath III. ˈlāth Scotland …

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  • 98Agrise — A*grise , v. t. 1. To shudder at; to abhor; to dread; to loathe. [Obs.] Wyclif. [1913 Webster] 2. To terrify; to affright. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] His manly face that did his foes agrise. Spenser. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 99Detest — De*test , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detesting}.] [L. detestare, detestatum, and detestari, to curse while calling a deity to witness, to execrate, detest; de + testari to be a witness, testify, testis a witness: cf. F. d[… …

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  • 100Detested — Detest De*test , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detesting}.] [L. detestare, detestatum, and detestari, to curse while calling a deity to witness, to execrate, detest; de + testari to be a witness, testify, testis a witness: cf.… …

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