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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
  • Raised under Augusta’s religious terror and hatred for women, Ed tries to hide his penchant for ladies’ underwear and masturbation to no avail.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Not as a land of fear, not as a divisiveness, not of government censorship, not of hatred.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • While it’s commonly believed that cats and dogs are inherent enemies, the American Kennel Club (AKC) suggests that isn’t always the case.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Designed to mislead enemies The inflatable structure mimics the silhouette of advanced aircraft when viewed from satellites or the air.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 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
  • 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
  • American health-care systems already frayed by a brutal pandemic are being dismantled further, and Americans’ antipathy for one another is having deadly effects on children and families.
    Rachel Pearson, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Daqua Ritter, a South Carolina man convicted of the hate-crime murder of transgender Black woman Dime Doe.
    Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Moreover, our experts have continued to develop more comprehensive resources and innovative ways to provide information about antisemitism, extremism and hate.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Support for political violence was even higher among individuals who harbored multiple hateful phobias, according to his survey of over 9,300 adults.
    Juliana Kim, NPR, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The aversion to speaking of death is compounded by collective culpability.
    Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The criticisms underscore many artists’ aversions to AI creeping into their industry.
    Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Of course, there was the Luka Doncic abomination that caused a collective jaw drop among the entire basketball world.
    Mat Issa, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • This wasteful Everglades abomination surely is one of our worst.
    Elise Bennett, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2025

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“Detestation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detestation. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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