as in hating
to dislike strongly
I detest pepperoni, and wouldn't eat it if you paid me!
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hating
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And that all of us, all of us will try to find a way to stop hating our fellow Americans.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025 -
Social media-wise, everybody was hating.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Detesting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detesting. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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