Antonyms of verb love

1 of 4 senses of love

Sense 1
love -- (have a great affection or liking for; "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him")
       Antonym of hate (Sense 1)
      => hate, detest -- (dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards; "I hate Mexican food"; "She detests politicians")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb love

4 senses of love

Sense 1
love -- (have a great affection or liking for; "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him")

Sense 2
love, enjoy -- (get pleasure from; "I love cooking")
       => like -- (find enjoyable or agreeable; "I like jogging"; "She likes to read Russian novels")

Sense 3
love -- (be enamored or in love with; "She loves her husband deeply")
       => love -- (have a great affection or liking for; "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him")

Sense 4
sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk -- (have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?")
       => copulate, mate, pair, couple -- (engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring")

Antonyms of adj loved

1 sense of loved

Sense 1
loved (vs. unloved) -- (held dear; "his loved companion of many years")

unloved (vs. loved) -- (not loved)
        => alienated, estranged -- (caused to be unloved)
        => bereft, lovelorn, unbeloved -- (unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love)
        => despised, detested, hated, scorned -- (treated with contempt)
        => disinherited -- (deprived of your rightful heritage)
        => jilted, rejected, spurned -- (rebuffed (by a lover) without warning; "jilted at the altar")
        => loveless -- (receiving no love; "a loveless childhood")

Similarity of adj loved

1 sense of loved

Sense 1
loved (vs. unloved) -- (held dear; "his loved companion of many years")
       => admired -- (regarded with admiration)
       => adored, idolized, idolised, worshipped (prenominal) -- (regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god); "adored grandchildren"; "an idolized wife")
       => beloved, darling, dear -- (dearly loved)
       => blue-eyed (prenominal), fair-haired (prenominal), white-haired (prenominal) -- (favorite; "the fair-haired boy of the literary set")
       => cherished, precious, treasured, wanted -- (characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for; "a cherished friend"; "children are precious"; "a treasured heirloom"; "so good to feel wanted")
       => favored, favorite (prenominal), favourite (prenominal), best-loved, pet, preferred, preferent -- (preferred above all others and treated with partiality; "the favored child")
          Also See-> wanted#1

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