hate, detest
憎 centers on intense dislike: hating or detesting someone or something.
憎 combines 忄 (heart/mind) with 曾, which likely contributes the sound and may have originally suggested a piled-up or accumulated feeling, leading to the idea of deep-seated hatred.
The heart radical 忄 beside 曾 suggests a heart burdened with piled-up negative feelings: that is hate.
For ゾウ, imagine a zoo filled with animals you detest: zoo -> ゾウ, and your heart fills with hate.
to hate; to detest
hatred
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
hateful; detestable; abominable; vexing; provoking
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
love and hate
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
odious; hateful; detestable; horrible
abusive language
thankless role; ungracious part
sorry
condemn the offense, but not the offender; detest the sin, but weep for the sinner
the greatest hate proceeds from the greatest love
if you dislike someone, you will end up hating everything he stands for; hate a priest, and you will hate his very vestments
Dislike China, Hate Korea; publishing genre of anti-Chinese and Korean books and magazines
provoking; rather annoying
cheeky; saucy; pert
refined; admirable; superb
the pain of meeting people one dislikes
ambivalence