Detestation
Detestation noun - A very strong dislike.
Usage example: a congenital detestation of injustice, which drove her to become an activist for civil rights
Meanness and detestation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Meanness" instead a noun "Detestation".
Meanness
Meanness noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.
Detestation and meanness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Detestation" instead a noun "Meanness".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hostility and detestation
- hostility and meanness
- animosity and detestation
- animosity and meanness
- evil and detestation
- evil and meanness
- malignancy and detestation
- malignancy and meanness
- malice and detestation
- malice and meanness
- spite and detestation
- spite and meanness
- disrepute and detestation
- disrepute and meanness
How words are described
| pure | pure detestation | pure meanness |
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Meanness and Detestation. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/detestation/meanness
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