lovelessness

noun

Definition of lovelessnessnext
as in hatred

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  1. hatred
  2. contempt
  3. disdain
  4. hate
  5. loathing
  6. abhorrence
  7. malice
  8. malevolence
Noun
  • Shifrin, too, had once only seen the mountain as a symbol of hatred.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
  • But although few, then, could possibly have foreseen the cataclysm of the twentieth-century wars, the hatred was already there in the anti-semitism of old France, in the divisions over Dreyfus.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
Definition of hatred
Noun
  • Children’s Hospital Colorado faces a hearing for contempt of court after its doctors didn’t resume gender-affirming care.
    — Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 15 July 2026
  • The contempt finding stems from long-running civil litigation arising from the 2019 boat crash that killed Mallory Beach.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026
Definition of contempt
Noun
  • The disdain goes back decades and, as some Argentina fans evidently proved Tuesday, rowdiness does not require international provocation.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
  • In this year’s most competitive Senate races, some candidates are winning over voters with strong platforms or personal appeal, while others are benefiting from voters’ disdain for the opposing party.
    — Caroline Soler, New York Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of disdain
Noun
  • From its beginnings as a form, the novel has dealt with love and hate, war and peace, courage and cowardice, boredom and catastrophe.
    — Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
  • My daughter’s mother filled our daughter with hate toward me, especially after hubby number two dumped her.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
Definition of hate
Noun
  • The dangers of turning insecurity into daily ritual For 20-year-old Kat, from New York, attempting to manifest appearance changes only worsened her self-loathing.
    — Daisy Schofield, Allure, 13 July 2026
  • There’s a queasiness to her self-loathing that feels especially potent to the teenage experience.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 26 June 2026
Definition of loathing
Noun
  • But your abhorrence of the outcomes of particular elections doesn’t justify your saying, Well, the hell with that.
    — Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of abhorrence
Noun
  • But on Wednesday, the jury in the latest trial found that MGA had not acted with malice, meaning no punitive damages would be awarded.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2026
  • The company’s own investigation points less to malice than to a process that never engaged.
    — Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of malice
Noun
  • The rise of Santa Muerte The other folk saint tied to narco culture is Santa Muerte, whose Grim Reaper appearance and relative obscurity prompt assumptions of malevolence.
    — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 7 June 2026
  • Trying to find charm and not having malevolence as the intention, not trying to be evil, let the brilliant writing do that.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Definition of malevolence
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