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
She was convicted five times for inciting racial hatred, oftentimes directed at the Muslim community, and was publicly dismissive of the #MeToo movement and feminism, preferring to focus her philanthropic efforts on the rights of animals over women.
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Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 29 Dec. 2025
Bardot, the political figure, embodied racial hatred.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Dec. 2025
Bardot was also criticized for inciting racial hatred and for comparing homosexuals and pedophiles in her book.
—Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 29 Dec. 2025
This is difficult to do if our hearts are full of hatred and resentment.
—Jeremy David Engels, The Conversation, 29 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatred
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Every day, Trump exhibits his contempt for laws enacted by Congress — and for the Constitution itself.—
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Crosland also represented Troconis on contempt charges and successfully had those offenses dropped last June.—
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My generation deserves better leaders than the ones teaching us that bigotry is bravery and hate is just a joke.—
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What Marissa does doesn’t come from hate.—
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Wylde, who has introduced Mamdani to many business leaders in the city since his election, said there’s widespread distaste for his tax-the-rich agenda in local business communities.—
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That’s why, even when a team with six losses sits a ways away from panic, Caruso finds distaste when licking his wounds.—
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There were no scrums, barely any big hits and absolute zero sense of disdain from one bench to the other.—
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Later, amid speaking about his own wife, interview guest Josh Charles joked about Goldberg's disdain for the previous topic.—
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At the opening, Natalie, bored and filled with loathing for her parents, flees her family home by retreating into imaginary worlds of vivid, eroticized violence.—
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There’s an aspect of self-loathing here that Visser leaves alone.—
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These findings echo a broader pattern political scientists call affective polarization: the replacement of disagreement with abhorrence.—
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When human decency and basic civility fall victim to partisanship and ideology, and abhorrence of violence becomes tempered by political aims, monstrosities and tyrannies become possible.—
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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.—
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One of the most memorable chapters epitomizes her detestation for the ultra-wealthy and pompous intellectuals who rushed to rationalize her work.—
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After years of fighting for its survival in the face of hacks and growing regulatory hostility, crypto’s fortunes abruptly change.—
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Jewish and civil rights groups blasted the move as weakening safeguards, fueling criticism that Mamdani’s early agenda signals hostility toward Israel and the Jewish community.—
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“Hatred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatred. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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