as in despising
to dislike strongly
she hates her job, she hates her friends, and she hates her life!
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Recent Examples of hating
Through the compassionate yet rigorous structures of restorative justice and the generosity of two people who might have spent their lives hating him, Dunne changed course.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
The reasons for loving Adams in Leeds white were the same reasons for hating him while playing for the opposition.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
This signaled to his followers that hating their enemies was not only acceptable but expected.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 22 Sep. 2025
The novel’s protagonist navigates loss and her own unraveling, fearful of her own floorboards and hating her friends, unable to get a '90s earworm out of her head or discern time and memories.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
So what’s an immigrant-hating Christian to do?
—John Fugelsang
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
And that all of us, all of us will try to find a way to stop hating our fellow Americans.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
Social media-wise, everybody was hating.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Everyone Lee comes into contact with is at minimum annoyed with him most of the time, if not outright hating him.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
Sara Holdren, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
The reasons for loving Adams in Leeds white were the same reasons for hating him while playing for the opposition.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
This signaled to his followers that hating their enemies was not only acceptable but expected.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 22 Sep. 2025
The novel’s protagonist navigates loss and her own unraveling, fearful of her own floorboards and hating her friends, unable to get a '90s earworm out of her head or discern time and memories.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
So what’s an immigrant-hating Christian to do?
—John Fugelsang
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
And that all of us, all of us will try to find a way to stop hating our fellow Americans.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
Social media-wise, everybody was hating.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Everyone Lee comes into contact with is at minimum annoyed with him most of the time, if not outright hating him.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hating
despising
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That’s not the case with Bertha’s son, Larry (Harry Richardson), who seems to have joined his father in absolutely despising Bertha by the end of the season.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Hating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hating. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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