lovelessness

noun

Definition of lovelessnessnext
as in hatred

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lovelessness
  1. hatred
  2. contempt
  3. disdain
  4. hate
  5. loathing
  6. abhorrence
  7. malice
  8. malevolence
Noun
  • All of the hatred and violence of their relationship all culminated in this moment.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The promise comes several days after a man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson said he was motivated by hatred of that system ‒ a hatred apparently shared by many people who have taken to social media in the days since the Dec. 4 killing.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of hatred
Noun
  • Dan Scavino will return to his role as deputy chief of staff, after serving as a longtime Trump communications staffer (he was held in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify in the House Jan. 6 committee investigation, but the Justice Department declined to prosecute him).
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • In April, Noel was found to be in contempt of court for being in possession of two handguns, a violation of a bond term set in November 2023.
    Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of contempt
Noun
  • Kenny said investigators were looking into an accident that injured Mangione's back and sent him to an emergency room in July 2023 and were studying his writings about his disdain for the U.S. health care system.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Since that time, Musk has repeatedly expressed his disdain for the SEC.
    Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of disdain
Noun
  • Putin’s Kremlin has a long history of aiding far-right hate groups involved in violence against immigrants.
    Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Between June 2023 and 2024, hate incidents against LGBTQ people more than doubled over the prior year, according to data collected by GLAAD, an LGBTQ media watchdog and advocacy nonprofit.
    Odette Yousef, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of hate
Noun
  • The support and affection for him that predominates online—its photo negative is the fear and loathing directed at our health-care system—appears to extend to the jail where he is being held.
    Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Admittedly, many of his judgments did not hold up: Mencken had many of the racial prejudices of his time, and his loathing for Franklin D. Roosevelt has not exactly been vindicated by history.
    Ben Jacobs, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of loathing
Noun
  • However, the Grinch is known for his abhorrence of Christmas and everything the season represents.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The ambivalence of André and his parents was culturally unexceptional, but Simone’s abhorrence wasn’t.
    Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
Definition of abhorrence
Noun
  • Davenport was charged with malice murder, battery and criminal trespass.
    KC Baker, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Beard's mother, Lizette Bowers, says her son was acting out of love, not malice.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2024
Definition of malice
Noun
  • Eastwood’s story runs on the bedrock of the unimpeachable, confident that there is a definite truth to be discovered about an event such as the killing of Kendall and that only malevolence or incompetence could prevent its discovery.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024
  • What Uzumaki never loses is the core idea that the human body is a malleable, spongy thing, available to absorb both kindness, compassion, and good energy and malevolence, evil, and brutality.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of malevolence
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