Loathing and Resentment

Loathing

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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Resentment and loathing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Resentment" instead a noun "Loathing".

Nearby Words: loath, loathed

Resentment noun - A lingering ill will towards a person for a real or imagined wrong.

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Loathing and resentment are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Loathing" instead a noun "Resentment".

Nearby Words: resentful, resented, resenting

old	old loathing	old resentment
pure	pure loathing	pure resentment
particular	particular loathing	particular resentment
initial	initial loathing	initial resentment
Other adjectives: deep, strong, severe, extreme, intense, serious, absolute, dark, bitter, deep-seated, personal, new, general, mutual, outright, eternal, subsequent, justified, seething, previous.

Later historians see Caliban as an example of a colonialized native feeling justified anger at the invaders and voicing his resentment and loathing of having to be grateful to his conqueror while denied real rights.

Source: Fair for Its Day
In part this is rooted in a loathing for bad literature, but also rooted in resentment of Stephenie Meyer for trivializing and romanticizing his own condition.

Source: Your Vampires Suck
On the other hand her posterior abuse, fuelled by her resentment and self-loathing, drove Shinji to the edge.

Source: Fanfic / HERZ

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