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
Paulina Likos,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2025
Fisher, who is now perhaps the most hated man in Northern California, has been enthusiastically received by officials in Nevada, where the project has moved at a rapid clip.
—John Seabrook, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
When the school’s athletic director winds up dead after a heated confrontation with Peyton, the campus gleefully blames the most hated woman in college basketball.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
The Mountaineers impressively bounced back, however, defeating hated rival Pitt 31-24 in overtime.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
Jerry pulled a Nico Harrison on Thursday by dealing his All-Pro player to a hated rival in exchange for a good player, and draft picks.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2025
Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2026
The pioneers of punk music did it because the mainstream crowd hated it.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
Nobody wants to be hated by their own fan base.
—Joe Mutascio, IndyStar, 23 Dec. 2025
To be honest, my parents hated their jobs.
—Sarah Sotoodeh, FOXNews.com, 21 Dec. 2025
Still, defense lawyers would far prefer their client is beloved than hated by the general public going into a high-profile trial.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2025
Most hated the passage about writing for an audience; only one attributed it to me.
—Vauhini Vara, New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, 42 percent hated their overreliance on artificial intelligence, and 49 percent were critical of the younger age group’s oversharing on social media.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
But many Cubans and Venezuelans living in Florida hated it.
—Javier Corrales, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
This is a hated stock that has taken unwarranted hits .
—Verb
Christian Braun hated the view from the sideline.
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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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Trump took decisive action Saturday in launching precision military strikes in Venezuela that enabled special forces to seize and detain Maduro, an illegitimate leader despised by his own people.—
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While sweet gum is known and appreciated for its lovely fall color, it is also despised for its seeds.—
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“Hated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hated. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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