Antonyms for enjoy
ɛnˈdʒɔɪen·joy

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. enjoy

   In the old sense of wonder, admire is practically obsolete; the word now expresses a delight and approval, in which the element of wonder unconsciously mingles. We admire beauty in nature and art, delight in the innocent happiness of children, enjoy books or society, a walk or a dinner. We approve what is excellent, applaud heroic deeds, esteem the good, love our friends. We honor and respect noble character wherever found; we revere and venerate it in the aged. We extol the goodness and adore the majesty and power of God.

   Antonyms:
   abhor, abominate, contemn, despise, detest, dislike, execrate, hate, ridicule, scorn

   Synonyms:
   admire, adore, applaud, approve, delight in, esteem, esteem, extol, honor, love, respect, revere, venerate, wonder

   Preposition:
   Admire at may still very rarely be found in the old sense of wonder at.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. enjoy

   Antonyms:
   dislike, disrelish, suffer, loathe, forfeit, lose, tolerate, endure

   Synonyms:
   like, relish, possess

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.6 / 7 votes

1. enjoy, bask, relish, savor, savourverb

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

   "She relished her fame and basked in her glory"

   Antonyms:
   endure, suffer

   Synonyms:
   love, bask, taste, revel, savour, relish, delight, savor

2. enjoyverb

   have benefit from

   "enjoy privileges"

   Antonyms:
   endure, suffer

   Synonyms:
   relish, delight, savor, revel, love, savour, bask

3. love, enjoyverb

   get pleasure from

   "I love cooking"

   Antonyms:
   suffer, endure

   Synonyms:
   jazz, have sex, do it, hump, bang, screw, relish, have intercourse, sleep together, bonk, know, roll in the hay, get it on, lie with, have it away, be intimate, eff, delight, bask, love, have a go at it, get laid, bed, make out, have it off, savour, savor, sleep with, revel, make love

4. enjoyverb

   have for one's benefit

   "The industry enjoyed a boom"

   Antonyms:
   suffer, endure

   Synonyms:
   relish, delight, savor, revel, love, savour, bask

5. delight, enjoy, revelverb

   take delight in

   "he delights in his granddaughter"

   Antonyms:
   endure, suffer

   Synonyms:
   ravish, savour, please, relish, transport, enthrall, make merry, enchant, bask, jollify, savor, whoop it up, racket, delight, love, make whoopie, wassail, make happy, enrapture, revel, enthral

How to use enjoy in a sentence?

1. Donald Trump:

   Ask Jeb Bush if he enjoys running against me. Ask Lindsey Graham, did he enjoy running against Trump? Ask Perry, ask Gov. Perry. Ask Bobby Jindal, ask all of these guys that have gone out, do they enjoy running against Trump? I enjoy it. They don't enjoy it.

2. Team Sky:

   These four days in the mountains are the hardest four days I would have raced I think in a one-week stage race, it's a super hard climbing stage race, even harder on the weekend now. I'll enjoy tomorrow, or I'll try to enjoy it in the jersey and defend it but it's super hard.

3. Monika Stelzl:

   Women cannot easily say ‘I don’t enjoy this,’.

4. Dan Jaffe:

   There's a mental health issue too, everybody is unhappy, and it's hard to enjoy life.

5. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   Plant the trees just for beauty. If flowers bloom or fruits ripen, enjoy it as a gift and appreciate nature as a universal giver.

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