as in despising
to dislike strongly
she hates her job, she hates her friends, and she hates her life!
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Recent Examples of hating
And that all of us, all of us will try to find a way to stop hating our fellow Americans.
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Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
Social media-wise, everybody was hating.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Everyone Lee comes into contact with is at minimum annoyed with him most of the time, if not outright hating him.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
Read the America and Israel-hating loon's exact words here.
—Staff, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
He’s gone from hating soccer to becoming a devoted student of the rules of the Beautiful Game — so much so that he gets called upon to referee a youth league soccer match when Boomhauer quits in Episode 5.
—Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2025
But now girls are only coming to the school to be famous, so that's why sororities are hating it.
—Tabitha Parent, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
These struggles do not equate to hating the school, not having friends, or being weak.
—Eric Wood, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Another is the definition’s usefulness in framing antisemitism as primarily a problem of the left, flourishing on campuses teeming with young people who have been indoctrinated by radical Israel-hating professors.
—Eyal Press, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
Social media-wise, everybody was hating.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Everyone Lee comes into contact with is at minimum annoyed with him most of the time, if not outright hating him.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
Read the America and Israel-hating loon's exact words here.
—Staff, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
He’s gone from hating soccer to becoming a devoted student of the rules of the Beautiful Game — so much so that he gets called upon to referee a youth league soccer match when Boomhauer quits in Episode 5.
—Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2025
But now girls are only coming to the school to be famous, so that's why sororities are hating it.
—Tabitha Parent, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
These struggles do not equate to hating the school, not having friends, or being weak.
—Eric Wood, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Another is the definition’s usefulness in framing antisemitism as primarily a problem of the left, flourishing on campuses teeming with young people who have been indoctrinated by radical Israel-hating professors.
—Eyal Press, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hating
despising
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That’s not the case with Bertha’s son, Larry (Harry Richardson), who seems to have joined his father in absolutely despising Bertha by the end of the season.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Hating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hating. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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