Hostility and Loathing

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Hostility noun - A deep-seated ill will.

Usage example: a lingering hostility between the two neighbors ever since since they had that property-line dispute

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Loathing is a synonym for hostility. In some cases you can use "Loathing" instead a noun "Hostility".

Nearby Word: hostile

Loathing noun - A very strong dislike.

Usage example: I have an uncompromising loathing for anyone who would deliberately harm an animal

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Hostility is a synonym for loathing in antipathy topic. Sometimes you can use "Hostility" instead a noun "Loathing".

Nearby Words: loath, loathed

utter	utter hostility	utter loathing
initial	initial hostility	initial loathing
many	many hostility	many loathing
sheer	sheer hostility	sheer loathing
Other adjectives: deep, downright, extreme, intense, bitter, deep-seated, personal, instinctive, general, mutual, outright, disguised, inexplicable, previous, obsessive.

When Faith returns in Season Four it's clear that her hostility is accompanied by deep self-loathing of what she's become.

Source: Being Evil Sucks
Therefore his attitude to Picard is one of very thinly disguised hostility, loathing and hatred.

Source: Cartesian Karma

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