as in disliked
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as in hated
to dislike strongly
I detest pepperoni, and wouldn't eat it if you paid me!
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Recent Examples of detested
Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 29 Dec. 2025
Those who predicted a doomed future for all of humanity called us addicts and criminals, leeches and slime (and way worse things) because we were detested, shouted at, dragged by our arms across bedrooms and public sporting events.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
Black South Africans detested the Springboks as a symbol of the brutally violent, repressive apartheid regime.
—Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, Marie Antoinette’s parties embodied everything that her haters detested.
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The Rats are some of the most widely disliked characters in Andrzej Sapkowski’s original novels.—
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Either way, Cooper quickly became one of the most disliked men in New Jersey, which is saying something.—
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Christian Braun hated the view from the sideline.—
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The pioneers of punk music did it because the mainstream crowd hated it.—
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Before public opinion turned against the war, Ali was likely the most despised man in America.—
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“Detested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detested. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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