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to dislike strongly
she hates her job, she hates her friends, and she hates her life!
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Recent Examples of hated
Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 15 Feb. 2026
There may be a rough consensus on opposing the hated government back home, but far less consensus on what should be done — or how to achieve change.
—Michael Paarlberg, The Conversation, 12 Feb. 2026
The Cowboys get one over on the hated Steelers.
—R.j. Coyle, Dallas Morning News, 27 Jan. 2026
Chicago had just beaten the Green Bay Packers, its hated rival, in the wild card round of the NFL playoffs — the Bears’ first playoff win in 15 years.
—Tim Rohan, NBC news, 18 Jan. 2026
This is a hated stock that has taken unwarranted hits .
—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
Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Grenier’s character, Nate, was largely hated in online circles for being a flaky, unsupportive boyfriend to Andy during her turbulent time working at Runway Magazine.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
Even if the board hated it, the city has some leeway.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
In due time the architect came up with an undulating single-story blob that people hated.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 6 Mar. 2026
But what Trump has always hated isn’t conflict but sacrifice, the notion that American power should ever be constrained by a veneer of idealism or care for global opinion.
—Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
On the flip side, not everyone hated the pea starch version of the fries.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
Even those who hated the ayatollah have now entered a story without its reliable antagonist.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
The dark and foreboding furniture in this room had been inherited from the grandparents Clara had never met, and her mother hated it.
—Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
Kiffin instantly became the most hated man in Oxford after leaving the Rebels high and dry just as the College Football Playoff was set to begin, accepting a contract reportedly worth nearly $100 million.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 15 Feb. 2026
There may be a rough consensus on opposing the hated government back home, but far less consensus on what should be done — or how to achieve change.
—Michael Paarlberg, The Conversation, 12 Feb. 2026
The Cowboys get one over on the hated Steelers.
—R.j. Coyle, Dallas Morning News, 27 Jan. 2026
Chicago had just beaten the Green Bay Packers, its hated rival, in the wild card round of the NFL playoffs — the Bears’ first playoff win in 15 years.
—Tim Rohan, NBC news, 18 Jan. 2026
This is a hated stock that has taken unwarranted hits .
—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
Verb
Then came the party-line Inflation Reduction Act, which capped insulin for Medicare recipients at $35 but also included clean energy funding and tax changes that Republicans hated.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Grenier’s character, Nate, was largely hated in online circles for being a flaky, unsupportive boyfriend to Andy during her turbulent time working at Runway Magazine.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
Even if the board hated it, the city has some leeway.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
In due time the architect came up with an undulating single-story blob that people hated.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 6 Mar. 2026
But what Trump has always hated isn’t conflict but sacrifice, the notion that American power should ever be constrained by a veneer of idealism or care for global opinion.
—Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
On the flip side, not everyone hated the pea starch version of the fries.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
Even those who hated the ayatollah have now entered a story without its reliable antagonist.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
The dark and foreboding furniture in this room had been inherited from the grandparents Clara had never met, and her mother hated it.
—Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hated
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The British prime minister is only marginally less disliked by Britons, with his net favorability of minus 48 one of the worst since YouGov started tracking this metric in the 1970s.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
25 Mar. 2026
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The 1991 Gulf War was a stunning victory for the United States military, which has colored its assumptions about what conventional war—as opposed to counterinsurgency, a mission unwanted and disliked—should look like.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Iowans despised slavery, treasured 'radical experiment' Thirteen Iowans died and 141 were wounded in the rout of the Union forces at Wilson's Creek.—
Bill Steiden,
Des Moines Register,
24 Mar. 2026
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The Mujahedeen-e-Khalq is listed as a terrorist organization by Iran and is widely despised inside the country.—
Farah N. Jan,
The Conversation,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Hated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hated. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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