violent dislike
Frequency: 6.58.3 per million words
a very strong feeling of not liking someone or something
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Examples (10)
- He took a violent dislike to his new colleague from the moment they met.
- The board expressed a violent dislike for the risky new proposal.
- Her violent dislike of public speaking was evident to everyone in the room.
- Over the years, he developed a violent dislike for cold weather.
- The critic's review was filled with a violent dislike for the director's latest film.
- A violent dislike existed between the two rival families for generations.
- I was surprised by my own violent dislike of the city's modern architecture.
- His violent dislike for any form of authority often got him into trouble.
- Their partnership crumbled under the weight of a mutual and violent dislike.
- Despite her initial violent dislike of the subject, she grew to find it fascinating.