as in contempt
a very strong dislike
a lifelong hatred of war that inspired him to join a peace movement
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Recent Examples of hatred
King prevailed against many of the challenges progressives face today, but with even less support — and while facing more violence and hatred, his biographer Branch says.
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John Blake, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
With the Eagles set to face the Los Angeles Rams in a divisional playoff game on Sunday, Rams player Jared Verse expressed his hatred for Eagles fans in an interview with the Los Angeles Times.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2025
That would be Michigan’s hatred of the Buckeyes, which reached an all-time high thanks to the flag-planting, pepper-spraying, trash-talking fracas that erupted after the Wolverines upset Ohio State in November.
—Austin Meek, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
As an angry teenager who develops a passionate hatred for everything about her life, particularly her stooped, seemingly subservient mother, Inseon runs away to Seoul, falls through a snowbank into a pit, and nearly dies.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
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John Blake, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
With the Eagles set to face the Los Angeles Rams in a divisional playoff game on Sunday, Rams player Jared Verse expressed his hatred for Eagles fans in an interview with the Los Angeles Times.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2025
That would be Michigan’s hatred of the Buckeyes, which reached an all-time high thanks to the flag-planting, pepper-spraying, trash-talking fracas that erupted after the Wolverines upset Ohio State in November.
—Austin Meek, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
As an angry teenager who develops a passionate hatred for everything about her life, particularly her stooped, seemingly subservient mother, Inseon runs away to Seoul, falls through a snowbank into a pit, and nearly dies.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatred
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Last fall, Judge Laura Taylor Swain found the city in contempt of a range of court orders and directed the parties to file proposals for an independent receiver.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2025
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Mueller’s predecessor, Pritzker appointee Marc Smith, was held in contempt of court a number of times for violating court orders by failing to find children appropriate placements in a timely manner, though all or most of those orders were later vacated.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jan. 2025
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My hope is our campaign will continue to enhance the national conversation about the need to speak out against hatred of all types, and particularly to stand up to Jewish hate.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
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Behind the scenes, the attackers tried and failed to use a number of mass-texting services to deliver their hate before ultimately breaking through the barriers in place.—
Jenna McLaughlin,
NPR,
2 Feb. 2025
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Excessive depictions of pain, as in Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life, can curdle understanding into a kind of grimy sympathy or, worse, distaste.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2025
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Yet Kingsley frequently expressed his distaste for rigid scientific naturalism and its rejection of all intuition and openness to the unknown.—
Ben Woollard,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Jan. 2025
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More News: Wrestling Icon Sting Reveals Final Appearances for Classic Persona In a candid conversation with McAfee, McMahon opened up about her time as an on-screen character in WWE, reflecting on her love for playing the villain and her disdain for being a babyface.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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Anger at elites Why, then, is disdain for scientific experts appealing to so many Americans?—
Dominik Stecuła,
The Conversation,
29 Jan. 2025
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The statues of Assad and the posters of his face that adorned every public building lie on the ground, toppled, torn, spat and stomped upon, finally susceptible to his citizens’ loathing and contempt.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
30 Dec. 2024
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Scarlett Johansson is loathing after her daughter went to see Wicked without her.—
Emma Aerin Becker,
People.com,
26 Nov. 2024
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What distinguishes the extreme far-left from the far-right, however, is an abhorrence for meaningless violence, death and terrorism — at least against people, anti-fascists and experts on the movement told USA TODAY.—
Will Carless,
USA TODAY,
5 Jan. 2025
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However, the Grinch is known for his abhorrence of Christmas and everything the season represents.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Detroit Free Press,
5 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Much of Trump’s detestation of the Hollywood establishment is of course performative, one more nemesis to cast in his Sorkinian screenplay.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Between the lines: Many undecideds are painfully trying to balance their sense of obligation with their detestation for Trump, as USA Today first detailed on Thursday.—
Erin Doherty,
Axios,
14 Dec. 2024
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This has hindered the two nations from reaching a peace treaty to officially end their hostilities.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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But the idea that hordes of undercover agents instigated the Capitol riot gained traction and fuelled right-wing hostilities toward the Bureau.—
Tess Owen,
The New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Hatred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatred. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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