as in contempt
a very strong dislike
a lifelong hatred of war that inspired him to join a peace movement
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Recent Examples of hatred
Bardot was also fined multiple times by the French government for inciting racial hatred.
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Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
She was repeatedly fined for inciting racial hatred against Muslim immigrants to France, according to news reports.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 30 Dec. 2025
Bardot, the political figure, embodied racial hatred.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Dec. 2025
Bardot would be convicted and fined for inciting racial hatred in France five times.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2025
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Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
She was repeatedly fined for inciting racial hatred against Muslim immigrants to France, according to news reports.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 30 Dec. 2025
Bardot, the political figure, embodied racial hatred.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Dec. 2025
Bardot would be convicted and fined for inciting racial hatred in France five times.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatred
Noun
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Her lawyers say she also is entitled to at least a new sentencing hearing because Barrett based his sentence partially on a contempt conviction in a related case that the appeals court threw out last year.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
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Because her aunts decide her mother is too poor to raise her children, Fanny, age ten, is delivered like a parcel to Mansfield Park where she is given a large prosperous family who treat her with varying levels of indifference and contempt.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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The law comes amid a broader rise in hate incidents, state leaders and advocates say.—
Molly Gibbs,
Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Removing hate is our generation’s responsibility.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
11 Jan. 2026
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Wylde, who has introduced Mamdani to many business leaders in the city since his election, said there’s widespread distaste for his tax-the-rich agenda in local business communities.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
9 Jan. 2026
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That’s why, even when a team with six losses sits a ways away from panic, Caruso finds distaste when licking his wounds.—
Joel Lorenzi,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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The administration’s actions also aren’t being met with universal disdain by Colorado politicians.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
13 Jan. 2026
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The Bears pulled off a remarkable 31-27 victory in the NFC wild-card round, taking down their bitter rivals, and have made their disdain for the Packers well-known.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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At the opening, Natalie, bored and filled with loathing for her parents, flees her family home by retreating into imaginary worlds of vivid, eroticized violence.—
Erin Somers,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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There’s an aspect of self-loathing here that Visser leaves alone.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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These findings echo a broader pattern political scientists call affective polarization: the replacement of disagreement with abhorrence.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
27 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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After years of fighting for its survival in the face of hacks and growing regulatory hostility, crypto’s fortunes abruptly change.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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Jewish and civil rights groups blasted the move as weakening safeguards, fueling criticism that Mamdani’s early agenda signals hostility toward Israel and the Jewish community.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Hatred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatred. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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