as in disliked
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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
Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 24 May 2026
About a quarter of the British Army troops, meanwhile, were actually German—the hated Hessians.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Kiffin left Ole Miss days before the program's first-ever College Football Playoff appearance, which immediately took him from being a man who many believed deserved a statue in Oxford to leaping Tommy Tuberville as the most hated man in the history of the Rebels' football program.
—Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026
This is no longer a hated stock.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
The latter unseated a hated dictator and pledged a welcome for all Syrians.
—David Miliband, Time, 9 Apr. 2026
And mercenary pros could Benedict Arnold their former college teams by playing for a hated rival.
—Zach Przystup, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 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
Andrew Greif, NBC news, 4 June 2026
The guys who started this country, some of them hated each other with just as much venom and outrage and indignance as political players hate each other today.
—Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
Players hated playing against him.
—Mac Engel
may 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2026
As someone who carries a case-free large iPhone Pro Max without a case, Shaw was constantly terrified that his divot tools or tees would scratch his screen in his front pockets, yet hated sitting on his phone in his back pocket.
—Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Even during the glory years with Joe Gibbs, in which Busch won a majority of his races and his two championships, he was hated.
—Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2026
Dude on the left hated himself.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
In the fourth quarter with the game on the line, Blair called a loose-ball foul on the Cavs and Atkinson hated the call, but rather than scream or dart toward the official, Atkinson just sort of stood near his bench, staring at Blair and shaking his head.
—Joe Vardon, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Any pivot toward diplomacy that includes sanctions relief — whether proposed in Washington or Berlin — ignores the fundamental Machiavellian truth that a regime hated by its own people cannot be saved by its external fortresses, but it can be artificially sustained by foreign gold.
—Liram Koblentz-Stenzler, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
Adjective
Fry set foot back in the PLP building just a day after Arsenal, the hated north London rivals of his beloved Tottenham Hotspur, were confirmed as Premier League champions with just today’s final round of games to go.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 24 May 2026
About a quarter of the British Army troops, meanwhile, were actually German—the hated Hessians.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Kiffin left Ole Miss days before the program's first-ever College Football Playoff appearance, which immediately took him from being a man who many believed deserved a statue in Oxford to leaping Tommy Tuberville as the most hated man in the history of the Rebels' football program.
—Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026
This is no longer a hated stock.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
The latter unseated a hated dictator and pledged a welcome for all Syrians.
—David Miliband, Time, 9 Apr. 2026
And mercenary pros could Benedict Arnold their former college teams by playing for a hated rival.
—Zach Przystup, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 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
Verb
Probably the beginning of his freshman year, hated him.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 4 June 2026
The guys who started this country, some of them hated each other with just as much venom and outrage and indignance as political players hate each other today.
—Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
Players hated playing against him.
—Mac Engel
may 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2026
As someone who carries a case-free large iPhone Pro Max without a case, Shaw was constantly terrified that his divot tools or tees would scratch his screen in his front pockets, yet hated sitting on his phone in his back pocket.
—Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Even during the glory years with Joe Gibbs, in which Busch won a majority of his races and his two championships, he was hated.
—Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2026
Dude on the left hated himself.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
In the fourth quarter with the game on the line, Blair called a loose-ball foul on the Cavs and Atkinson hated the call, but rather than scream or dart toward the official, Atkinson just sort of stood near his bench, staring at Blair and shaking his head.
—Joe Vardon, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Any pivot toward diplomacy that includes sanctions relief — whether proposed in Washington or Berlin — ignores the fundamental Machiavellian truth that a regime hated by its own people cannot be saved by its external fortresses, but it can be artificially sustained by foreign gold.
—Liram Koblentz-Stenzler, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hated
Adjective
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Walmart, the second-cheapest option, was among the most disliked.—
Eva Flowe
May 29,
Charlotte Observer,
29 May 2026
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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
Verb
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The goddess Hera — who despised Heracles — later set the crab in the heavens in the form of the constellation Cancer as a reward for its bravery.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
9 May 2026
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Meanwhile, Larysa was stuck in Belarus, a country allied with Russia that Nataliia despised and had refused to move to, despite her daughter’s many pleas.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Hated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hated. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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