1. opponent   ADVERSARY   AMBIVALENCE   ACCOLADE   ATROPHY   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. mixed feelings   ANTIDOTE   AMBIVALENCE   AVIARY   ATROPHY   Half-n-half Clue   3. wasting away   AMBIVALENCE   ATROPHY   AVARICE   ADVERSARY   Half-n-half Clue   4. admiration   ACCOLADE   ADVERSARY   ADULATION   ADVERSITY   Half-n-half Clue   5. hardship   ATROPHY   BREVITY   ADULATION   ADVERSITY   Half-n-half Clue   6. boaster   APIARY   ABSTINENCE   BRAGGART   ANTIDOTE   Half-n-half Clue   7. strong dislike   AVARICE   ADVERSITY   AVERSION   AVIARY   Half-n-half Clue