Spread the word: When you can't stand something

Sometimes it happens that you can’t stand something, the political or economic situation, an awful smell or a kind of attitude for instance. Probably you will mention your dislike in a Friday night chit-chat. Let’s see some alternatives to put it.




can't bear something
if you cannot bear someone or something, you dislike them very much
I can't bear being bored.
He couldn't bear to see the dog in pain.

despise something
to hate someone or something and have no respect for them
The two groups despise each other.

can’t abide something
to dislike something very much
He couldn't abide laziness.


Definitions are taken from Macmillan Dictionary, example sentences are taken from Cambridge Dictionary.


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