SuaviloquyToday’s word

loathing

Loathing, n.

Extreme disgust; a feeling of aversion, nausea, abhorrence, or detestation. The mutual fear and loathing of the hostile races. Macaulay.

Shades of meaning

Fernald lists loathing only as an antonym, under appetite, esteem.

He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.

Synonyms

none given

Antonyms

appetiteesteem

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