ABHORRINGS Antonyms

• recognize with gratitude; be grateful for

• be fully aware of; realize fully

• hold dear

• gain in value

• increase the value of

• be fond of; be attached to

• the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)

• the state of taking in or encircling

• a close affectionate and protective acceptance

• include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory

• hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness

• take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own

• derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in

• have benefit from

• get pleasure from

• have for one's benefit

• take delight in

• not plain; decorative or ornamented

• something many people believe that is false

• imagination or fantasy; held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination

• a predisposition to like something

• imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

• have a fancy or particular liking or desire for

• resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination

• equal in amount or value

• having the same or similar characteristics

• a similar kind

• a kind of person

• conforming in every respect

• to hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something

• find enjoyable or agreeable

• be fond of

• feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard

• want to have

• a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

• any object of warm affection or devotion

• a beloved person; used as terms of endearment

• a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction

• a score of zero in tennis or squash

• sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people

• have a great affection or liking for

• get pleasure from

• be enamored or in love with

• have sexual intercourse with

• vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment

• spicy or savory condiment

• the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

• derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in

• the activity of worshipping

• a feeling of profound love and admiration

• love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol

• show devotion to (a deity)

• attend religious services