[General] Best word that fits the sentence

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Chakradhar

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Hi,

Can you replace highlighted word with Other good word.

(In below sentence, dislike is a normal word which means "you don't like it". But I need another word which shows "strong dislike feeling")


"I want to eat Chocolates until I feel dislike towards it."


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I would use "get tired of them".
 

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Can you replace the highlighted word with another good word?

In the following sentence, "dislike" is a normal word which means "you don't like it", but I need another word which shows "strong dislike feeling".


"I want to eat [STRIKE]Chocolates[/STRIKE] chocolate until I feel dislike towards it."
Please note my corrections.

In addition to Mike's suggestion, you could say '...until I feel nauseated by it' or '...until I'm sick of it'.

Note '...chocolates ... them' or '...chocolate ... it'.
 

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Shouldn't the first verb be 'wanted', since you no longer feel like eating chocolates?
 

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(Chakrandhar loves chocolates so much that) s/he wants to eat them until s/he gets tired of them.
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Chadrakhar, as I have said before 'Your clicks on 'Thank' were all the thanks we need.

Please note that a better title would have been I want to eat chocolate.

'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'
 

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Ted, that doesn't work.
 

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I'd go with Rover's suggestions. We don't normally use tame expressions like "get tired of" or "dislike" with such a meaning.
"I want to eat chocolate until I puke" is an example of what you might hear, though it's not so polite.
 
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