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
Fox’s score bug At least Fox discovered one thing that united the nation: a universal hatred of its Super Bowl score bug.
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Paul Sullivan, Sun Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2025
The event was not organized by one entity and was advertised through social media posts.
‘Spirit of hatred’
An afternoon vigil organized by local churches had a more singular focus: Protecting immigrants.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
Yet her rhetoric was too confused to qualify as racialized hatred.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
He’s been terrified, in love, hit in the head and, most often, in a state of bitter hatred.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2025
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Paul Sullivan, Sun Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2025
The event was not organized by one entity and was advertised through social media posts.
‘Spirit of hatred’
An afternoon vigil organized by local churches had a more singular focus: Protecting immigrants.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
Yet her rhetoric was too confused to qualify as racialized hatred.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
He’s been terrified, in love, hit in the head and, most often, in a state of bitter hatred.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatred
Noun
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In 1957, he was indicted by a federal grand jury on 10 counts of contempt and, after years of legal wrangling, in 1961, convicted and sentenced to a year in prison.—
Thomas Doherty,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Feb. 2025
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The lowest score is reserved for expressions of contempt and calls for violence against one’s opponents; the highest is awarded to those treating others with dignity.—
Kellen Browning,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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Over the years, however, her devil-may-care approach has mutated into an inability to accept any criticism, real or imagined, and view it as unfounded hate or maliciousness against the chaos of her life.—
Shamira Ibrahim,
Vulture,
24 Feb. 2025
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Finally, there was some hate as Canada and the United States, two longtime hockey rivals, met in the winner-take-all final.—
Curtis Pashelka,
The Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2025
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Other users expressed distaste with Taylor specifically for willingly being around him.—
Stephanie Andrade,
StyleCaster,
9 Feb. 2025
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Emmitt Smith is the latest Dallas Cowboys alum to express distaste with the decisions that owner Jerry Jones has made for 2025.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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There is a growing push on Madison Avenue to foil the increasing disdain the average TV viewer has for traditional commercials, by devising content that is as interesting or entertaining as the shows people like to watch and binge.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
12 Feb. 2025
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Some Republicans made direct analogies between the first president and the sixteenth—to the howling disdain of many detractors.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Feb. 2025
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The two begin as mutually loathing roommates only to become best friends who accompany each other to the Emerald City to meet the Wizard of Oz (Jeff Goldblum).—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
17 Dec. 2024
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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
Noun
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One point that has been made is that President Trump, like President Reagan before him, has an abhorrence of nuclear weapons and would like to pursue a policy of denuclearization.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
6 Feb. 2025
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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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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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Police said Mangione was in possession of a firearm matching the one used in the shooting, a fake ID and a notebook expressing hostility toward the health insurance industry and wealthy executives.—
Katherine Fung,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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The stakes for Thursday's game were raised amid physical hostility between the teams throughout the tournament and geopolitical tension between the two countries in recent weeks.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Hatred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatred. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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