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Recent Examples of detestation 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 One of the most memorable chapters epitomizes her detestation for the ultra-wealthy and pompous intellectuals who rushed to rationalize her work. Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 20 Jan. 2024 Media coverage oscillated wildly between sycophantic applause and puritanical scrutiny - celebrities made to traipse an ephemeral, razor thin line between public adoration and detestation. Colin Scanlon, Redbook, 4 Aug. 2023 That was the level of detestation and dedication to overturning Roe. Tara Kole, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 July 2022 Others balance their detestation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine against other concerns. Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 21 Mar. 2022 Here all the liturgical phrases of the 19th-century religion of progress, which had seemed hollow and platitudinous to a young man growing up in America in detestation of the Sunday supplements, rang true. John Dos Passos, National Review, 28 Sep. 2020 Germany has set aside its traditional detestation for debt to unleash emergency spending, while enabling the rest of the European Union to breach limits on deficits. Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2020 But how much of a life, free of troubles and self-detestation, can a 15-year-old boy concerned with raising an infant build before his sense of self is devoured? Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 3 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for detestation
Noun
  • The endorsement comes as Cuomo has lobbed increasingly caustic attacks on Mamdani, equating his criticism of Israel with antisemitism and warning of a city beset by crime, hatred and disorder if his opponent wins.
    Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield hasn't been shy about his hatred of the rival NFL franchise.
    Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Mike McLusky may be top dog but power can only be maintained by continuing to instill fear in his enemies.
    Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
  • LeBare was awarded two Purple Heart medals for his actions against the enemy.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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.
    Michael Bloomberg, Twin Cities, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Holly hits the road with the activist and brings along a gun, despite her deep need to be near her home and her abhorrence of weapons.
    Maren Longbella, Boston Herald, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Rather than attracting qualified applicants who want to serve in federal law enforcement, ICE may be appealing to people with antipathy toward immigrants, or who see themselves as helping defend the U.S. from demographic changes.
    Raul A. Reyes, Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Global leaders are being tested by intractable wars in Gaza,Ukraine and Sudan, uncertainty about the economic and social impact of emerging artificial intelligence technology, and anxiety about Trump’s antipathy for the global body.
    Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But a career cannot be sustained on hate alone.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
  • One hurdle for these editors is that far-right hate is more conducive to digital slop, both because algorithms prize outlandish ragebait and because the tribalistic ideas themselves are low IQ rubbish.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Althea Soft conducted search engine analysis into the phobia between November 2022 and October 2024.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Their findings, published in the journal BMC Oral Health, suggest that the phobia isn’t necessarily tied directly to the dentist’s chair.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Common biases include herd mentality, overconfidence, confirmation bias, loss aversion, and anchoring.
    Chris Stevens, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Richard’s account would probably differ and have more to do with Lorenz’s alcoholism, depression, erratic work habits, and aversion to sentimentality.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The tale of the Navidson family and friends exploring their eldritch abomination of a house features death and survival horror alongside impossible architecture and geometry.
    Big Think, Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Cast aside as an abomination, Karloff’s gentle giant only craves an intimate connection with someone else.
    Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025

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“Detestation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detestation. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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