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What does the word 'abhorring' mean?
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Study Notes
Negative Tone Words
- Abhorring: Indicates a strong dislike or hatred for something.
- Acerbic: Describes a sharp, bitter taste or a person’s harsh manner.
- Ambiguous: Refers to something that is unclear or has multiple interpretations.
- Ambivalent: Reflects uncertainty and indecision about choices or actions.
- Antagonistic: Characterizes someone who is opposed, hostile, or aggressive.
- Apathetic: Describes a lack of interest or enthusiasm in various matters.
- Apprehensive: Denotes fear or anxiety about potential future events.
- Belligerent: Indicates a readiness to fight or hostility towards others.
- Bewildered: Captures a state of complete confusion or puzzlement.
- Bitter: Reflects a strong difficulty in accepting unpleasant situations.
- Blunt: Highlights honesty that may come across as rudeness.
- Conceited: Describes someone with an inflated sense of self-importance.
- Condescending: Reflects an attitude of superiority, often patronizing in nature.
- Contemptuous: Indicates a scornful or disdainful view of others.
- Curt: Characterizes a manner that is brusque or overly concise to the point of rudeness.
- Cynical: Showcases skepticism regarding human motives, often believing in selfishness.
- Derisive: Expresses contempt or mockery toward someone or something.
- Derogatory: Contains phrases or terms that insult or belittle.
- Desolate: Refers to a state of loneliness or emptiness.
- Despairing: Denotes a complete void of hope.
- Detached: Describes a state of emotional removal or calm objectivity.
- Diabolic: Indicates extreme cruelty or evil.
- Evasive: Reflects a tendency to avoid confrontation or difficult situations.
- Fatalistic: Belief that outcomes are predetermined and inevitable.
- Foreboding: Describes an ominous feeling regarding future events.
- Frantic: Indicates a state of frantic excitement or chaotic emotion.
- Gloomy: Characterizes a pervasive sense of darkness, sadness, or rejection.
- Incredulous: Describes disbelief or skepticism, particularly in response to unexpected claims.
- Indignant: Reflects anger or outrage in response to perceived injustice.
- Inflammatory: Indicates something that provokes excitement or anger, potentially leading to unrest.
- Insolent: Describes a rude or disrespectful demeanor.
- Irreverent: Reflects a tone that mocks or displays disrespect.
- Lethargic: Refers to a sluggishness or lack of energy.
- Melancholy: Indicates a state of deep sadness or depression.
- Mischievous: Describes playful behavior that is also annoyingly troubling.
- Ominous: Signals a threatening or unfavorable presence or event.
- Paranoid: Reflects irrational suspicion and distrust towards others.
- Patronizing: Indicates treating someone as inferior or with condescension.
- Pedantic: Displays an excessive focus on minor details or scholarly accuracy.
- Pensive: Reflects thoughtful sadness or contemplation.
- Pretentious: Showcases an attempt to impress by claiming greater importance than warranted.
- Reticent: Describes someone who is shy, reserved, or unwilling to share thoughts.
- Sardonic: Reflects a bitterly sarcastic humor that often mocks others.
- Scornful: Indicates deep disdain or hatred toward someone or something.
- Self-deprecating: Highlights excessive modesty, often belittling one’s own worth.
- Severe: Reflects an extremely bad or unpleasant condition.
- Sinister: Suggests an appearance of evil, danger, or harm.
- Sly: Describes cleverness with a connotation of deceitfulness.
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