as in disliked
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as in despised
to dislike strongly
she hates her job, she hates her friends, and she hates her life!
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Recent Examples of hated
Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 24 May 2026
About a quarter of the British Army troops, meanwhile, were actually German—the hated Hessians.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Kiffin left Ole Miss days before the program's first-ever College Football Playoff appearance, which immediately took him from being a man who many believed deserved a statue in Oxford to leaping Tommy Tuberville as the most hated man in the history of the Rebels' football program.
—Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026
This is no longer a hated stock.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
The latter unseated a hated dictator and pledged a welcome for all Syrians.
—David Miliband, Time, 9 Apr. 2026
And mercenary pros could Benedict Arnold their former college teams by playing for a hated rival.
—Zach Przystup, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2026
There may be a rough consensus on opposing the hated government back home, but far less consensus on what should be done — or how to achieve change.
—Michael Paarlberg, The Conversation, 12 Feb. 2026
The Cowboys get one over on the hated Steelers.
—R.j. Coyle, Dallas Morning News, 27 Jan. 2026
David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
The end of Dexter is so widely hated that it’s considered by many to be among the worst TV show endings ever.
—Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026
Investors hated the move, sending shares sharply lower.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 9 June 2026
The drink is famously hated by some Starbucks baristas due to the messy process of making it.
—Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
Probably the beginning of his freshman year, hated him.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 4 June 2026
The guys who started this country, some of them hated each other with just as much venom and outrage and indignance as political players hate each other today.
—Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
Players hated playing against him.
—Mac Engel
may 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2026
As someone who carries a case-free large iPhone Pro Max without a case, Shaw was constantly terrified that his divot tools or tees would scratch his screen in his front pockets, yet hated sitting on his phone in his back pocket.
—Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Adjective
Fry set foot back in the PLP building just a day after Arsenal, the hated north London rivals of his beloved Tottenham Hotspur, were confirmed as Premier League champions with just today’s final round of games to go.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 24 May 2026
About a quarter of the British Army troops, meanwhile, were actually German—the hated Hessians.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Kiffin left Ole Miss days before the program's first-ever College Football Playoff appearance, which immediately took him from being a man who many believed deserved a statue in Oxford to leaping Tommy Tuberville as the most hated man in the history of the Rebels' football program.
—Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026
This is no longer a hated stock.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
The latter unseated a hated dictator and pledged a welcome for all Syrians.
—David Miliband, Time, 9 Apr. 2026
And mercenary pros could Benedict Arnold their former college teams by playing for a hated rival.
—Zach Przystup, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2026
There may be a rough consensus on opposing the hated government back home, but far less consensus on what should be done — or how to achieve change.
—Michael Paarlberg, The Conversation, 12 Feb. 2026
The Cowboys get one over on the hated Steelers.
—R.j. Coyle, Dallas Morning News, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
Council members said the deal helps restore public trust by setting trash fees closer to what voters were initially told to expect and by eliminating a revenue experiment hated by Balboa Park museums and visitors.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
The end of Dexter is so widely hated that it’s considered by many to be among the worst TV show endings ever.
—Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026
Investors hated the move, sending shares sharply lower.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 9 June 2026
The drink is famously hated by some Starbucks baristas due to the messy process of making it.
—Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
Probably the beginning of his freshman year, hated him.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 4 June 2026
The guys who started this country, some of them hated each other with just as much venom and outrage and indignance as political players hate each other today.
—Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
Players hated playing against him.
—Mac Engel
may 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2026
As someone who carries a case-free large iPhone Pro Max without a case, Shaw was constantly terrified that his divot tools or tees would scratch his screen in his front pockets, yet hated sitting on his phone in his back pocket.
—Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hated
Adjective
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Walmart, the second-cheapest option, was among the most disliked.—
Eva Flowe
May 29,
Charlotte Observer,
29 May 2026
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The British prime minister is only marginally less disliked by Britons, with his net favorability of minus 48 one of the worst since YouGov started tracking this metric in the 1970s.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The traditional vuvuzela has been loved by some fans and despised by others.—
Kenny Choi,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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The philosopher and theologian David Bentley Hart says that Christianity brought a moral revolution to a world that assessed a person’s value based on things such as birth, class, and power, where the weak were despised.—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
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“Hated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hated. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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