English words for 'One who despises.'
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noun
- One who abhors.
- (historical, sometimes capitalized) A nickname given in the early 17ᵗʰ century to signatories of addresses of a petition to reconvene parliament, addressed to Charles II.
- a signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of parliament were condemned and abhorred
verb
adj
noun
prep
noun
noun
- a detested person
- (by extension) Something which is vehemently disliked by somebody.
- a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
- (ecclesiastical, historical) A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; something denounced as accursed.
- (literary) An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
- (ecclesiastical) Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority to unending punishment.
noun
noun
- (figurative, derogatory) A loathsome person.
- Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles of various sizes, in the family Curculionidae within the superfamily Curculionoidea.
- Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles, ranging in size from tiny to large, in the superfamily Curculionoidea, the most characteristic species having the head projecting in a distinctive snout with the mouthparts at the tip.
- Any of many similar, but more distantly related, beetles such as the biscuit weevil (Stegobium paniceum).
- any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetles
noun
noun
- An extreme dislike of something, or hostility to something.
- The act of repelling or the condition of being repelled.
- (physics) The repulsive force acting between bodies of the same electric charge or magnetic polarity.
- intense aversion
- the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand
- the force by which bodies repel one another
noun
- Despising or holding in contempt; disdain, scorn.
- (uncountable) In full misprision of felony or misprision of treason: originally, a less serious form of felony or treason; later, the crime of (intentionally) failing to give information about a felony or treason that one knows about; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable) Criminal neglect or wrongful execution of duty, especially by a public official; (countable) a specific instance of this.
- (uncountable) Incorrect or unfair suspicion; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable) Misinterpretation or misunderstanding; (countable) an instance of this; a mistake.
- Not seeing the value in something; undervaluing.
noun
- a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked
- informal terms for objecting
- an unpleasant difficulty
- female of any member of the dog family
- (vulgar, offensive, slang) A woman.
- (dated or specialised, dog-breeding) A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother.
- (vulgar, informal, slang) Place; situation
- (vulgar, offensive) A submissive person who does what others want; (prison slang) a man forced or coerced into a homoerotic relationship.
- (vulgar, figurative) Something unforgiving and unpleasant.
- (slang, vulgar, offensive, often sexist) A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman.
- (slang, vulgar, idiomatic, derogatory, misogynistic) A female sexual partner, typically in casual sexual relations
- (humorous, vulgar, colloquial, used with a possessive pronoun) Friend.
- (chess, slang, vulgar, offensive) A queen.
- (LGBTQ slang, idiomatic, vulgar, chiefly humorous) a sexual partner
- (colloquial, vulgar, card games) A queen playing card, particularly the queen of spades in the card game of hearts.
- (colloquial, vulgar) A difficult or confounding problem.
- (LGBTQ slang, derogatory) An obviously gay man.
- (vulgar, colloquial) A complaint, especially when the complaint is unjustified.
- (vulgar, offensive) A man considered soft, effeminate, weak, timid or pathetic in some way
verb
noun
- a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked
- obscene terms for female genitals
- (Ireland, UK, Commonwealth, countable) An unpleasant or difficult experience or incident.
- (offensive, originally synecdochic, countable) An extremely unpleasant or objectionable person (in US, especially a woman; in Commonwealth more usually a man).
- (countable, literally) The female genitalia, especially the vulva.
- (synecdochic, countable and uncountable) A woman or any receptive sexual partner, as a source of potential or actual sexual gratification.
- (transgender slang, usually in the plural) The inguinal canals of a trans woman.
- (Ireland, UK, Commonwealth, positive, countable; with words funny, good) A person (mostly between male friends); compare bastard.
- (transgender slang) The anus of a trans woman.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, countable) An objectionable object or item.
adj
verb
noun
- a feeling of intense dislike
- the object of a feeling of intense aversion; something to be avoided
- (uncountable) Natural contrariety or incompatibility between things, as a result of which they negatively affect or oppose each other; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable) A person or thing that one has a (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance towards; an anathema, a bête noire, a bugbear.
- (uncountable) Often followed by against, between, for, or to: a (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance, normally towards a person and less often towards a thing, often without any conscious reasoning; aversion, distaste, hostility; (countable) an instance of this.
- (botany) The quality of being antipathetic: not easily united by grafting.
intj
adj
noun
verb
noun
- One who abhors.
- (historical, sometimes capitalized) A nickname given in the early 17ᵗʰ century to signatories of addresses of a petition to reconvene parliament, addressed to Charles II.
- a signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of parliament were condemned and abhorred
noun
noun
- a detested person
- (by extension) Something which is vehemently disliked by somebody.
- a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
- (ecclesiastical, historical) A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; something denounced as accursed.
- (literary) An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
- (ecclesiastical) Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority to unending punishment.
noun
noun
- (figurative, derogatory) A loathsome person.
- Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles of various sizes, in the family Curculionidae within the superfamily Curculionoidea.
- Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles, ranging in size from tiny to large, in the superfamily Curculionoidea, the most characteristic species having the head projecting in a distinctive snout with the mouthparts at the tip.
- Any of many similar, but more distantly related, beetles such as the biscuit weevil (Stegobium paniceum).
- any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetles
noun
noun
- An extreme dislike of something, or hostility to something.
- The act of repelling or the condition of being repelled.
- (physics) The repulsive force acting between bodies of the same electric charge or magnetic polarity.
- intense aversion
- the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand
- the force by which bodies repel one another
noun
- Despising or holding in contempt; disdain, scorn.
- (uncountable) In full misprision of felony or misprision of treason: originally, a less serious form of felony or treason; later, the crime of (intentionally) failing to give information about a felony or treason that one knows about; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable) Criminal neglect or wrongful execution of duty, especially by a public official; (countable) a specific instance of this.
- (uncountable) Incorrect or unfair suspicion; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable) Misinterpretation or misunderstanding; (countable) an instance of this; a mistake.
- Not seeing the value in something; undervaluing.
noun
- a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked
- informal terms for objecting
- an unpleasant difficulty
- female of any member of the dog family
- (vulgar, offensive, slang) A woman.
- (dated or specialised, dog-breeding) A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother.
- (vulgar, informal, slang) Place; situation
- (vulgar, offensive) A submissive person who does what others want; (prison slang) a man forced or coerced into a homoerotic relationship.
- (vulgar, figurative) Something unforgiving and unpleasant.
- (slang, vulgar, offensive, often sexist) A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman.
- (slang, vulgar, idiomatic, derogatory, misogynistic) A female sexual partner, typically in casual sexual relations
- (humorous, vulgar, colloquial, used with a possessive pronoun) Friend.
- (chess, slang, vulgar, offensive) A queen.
- (LGBTQ slang, idiomatic, vulgar, chiefly humorous) a sexual partner
- (colloquial, vulgar, card games) A queen playing card, particularly the queen of spades in the card game of hearts.
- (colloquial, vulgar) A difficult or confounding problem.
- (LGBTQ slang, derogatory) An obviously gay man.
- (vulgar, colloquial) A complaint, especially when the complaint is unjustified.
- (vulgar, offensive) A man considered soft, effeminate, weak, timid or pathetic in some way
verb
noun
- a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked
- obscene terms for female genitals
- (Ireland, UK, Commonwealth, countable) An unpleasant or difficult experience or incident.
- (offensive, originally synecdochic, countable) An extremely unpleasant or objectionable person (in US, especially a woman; in Commonwealth more usually a man).
- (countable, literally) The female genitalia, especially the vulva.
- (synecdochic, countable and uncountable) A woman or any receptive sexual partner, as a source of potential or actual sexual gratification.
- (transgender slang, usually in the plural) The inguinal canals of a trans woman.
- (Ireland, UK, Commonwealth, positive, countable; with words funny, good) A person (mostly between male friends); compare bastard.
- (transgender slang) The anus of a trans woman.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, countable) An objectionable object or item.
adj
verb
noun
- a feeling of intense dislike
- the object of a feeling of intense aversion; something to be avoided
- (uncountable) Natural contrariety or incompatibility between things, as a result of which they negatively affect or oppose each other; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable) A person or thing that one has a (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance towards; an anathema, a bête noire, a bugbear.
- (uncountable) Often followed by against, between, for, or to: a (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance, normally towards a person and less often towards a thing, often without any conscious reasoning; aversion, distaste, hostility; (countable) an instance of this.
- (botany) The quality of being antipathetic: not easily united by grafting.