hated 1 of 2

past tense of hate

hated

2 of 2

adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of hated
Verb
Jerry pulled a Nico Harrison on Thursday by dealing his All-Pro player to a hated rival in exchange for a good player, and draft picks. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2025 The Braves will be taking on the Mets over the weekend and have the chance to put some stress on the hated rival. Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Even Eli, who hated the book on sight, came around to it by way of class discussions. Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025 Some loved it, but others hated it. Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025 The name is familiar, and so are the stars, but critics hated the new War of the Worlds movie so much that initially, not one gave the Amazon Prime release a positive review on Rotten Tomatoes. David Bloom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025 And a lot of Cowboys people hated Parsons’ insistence on hosting his own podcast. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2025 Mel and Sue would say, if Paul hated something. Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025 Unexpectedly to us, fairgoers seemed to like it, but our team universally hated it. Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 22 Aug. 2025 The consensus is he was fired for wanting to change to film in a direction that Stigwood and Travolta hated. Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2025 Cutting spending as much as possible in a government funding deal is critical to conservatives who hated that the party’s law is projected to add trillions to the debt. Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hated
disliked
Adjective
  • Prince Harry's team has—for the second week running—moved to challenge a story published in his most disliked newspaper group in a sign tensions remain high ahead of an upcoming lawsuit.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Some people might not want to contribute to the profits of a disliked company—at least without profiting from their own data themselves.
    Matthew Hutson, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Jan. 2020

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