11
hate(verb, activity, state, scorn, dislike)
4
be loath(verb, adverb, reject, scorn, stick)
3
allergic to(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reject, scorn)
3
hesitate(verb, stick, object, pause, protest)
3
shrink from(verb, expression, avoid, shun, shirk)
2
anathematize(verb, reject, scorn, dislike, avoid)
2
be disgusted with(verb, reject, scorn, dislike, avoid)
2
be hostile to(verb, reject, scorn, dislike, avoid)
2
be repelled by(verb, reject, scorn, dislike, avoid)
2
be sick of(verb, reject, scorn, dislike, avoid)
2
be sorry(verb, reject, scorn, dislike, avoid)
2
be unwilling(verb, adverb, stop, stick, question)
2
bear a grudge against(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, reject)
2
deprecate(verb, reject, scorn, dislike, object)
2
down on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reject, scorn)
2
falter(verb, stick, pause, shy, hesitate)
2
feel malice to(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, reject)
2
have an aversion to(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, reject)
2
have enough of(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, reject)
2
hold off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, pause)
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