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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
Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026
This is no longer a hated stock.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 23 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
Chicago had just beaten the Green Bay Packers, its hated rival, in the wild card round of the NFL playoffs — the Bears’ first playoff win in 15 years.
—Tim Rohan, NBC news, 18 Jan. 2026
Fisher, who is now perhaps the most hated man in Northern California, has been enthusiastically received by officials in Nevada, where the project has moved at a rapid clip.
—John Seabrook, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
When the school’s athletic director winds up dead after a heated confrontation with Peyton, the campus gleefully blames the most hated woman in college basketball.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
Ben Smith, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Pahlavi is the son of Iran’s former shah, who was so widely hated that millions took to the streets in 1979 to force him from power.
—Sean Nevin, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026
Pahlavi, 65, is the son of Iran’s former shah, who was so widely hated that millions took to the streets in 1979 to force him from power.
—Markus Schreiber, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Pahlavi, 65, is the son of Iran's former shah, who was so widely hated that millions took to the streets in 1979 to force him from power.
—ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
His father, Iran’s shah, was so widely hated that millions took to the streets in 1979, forcing him from power.
—Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
His father, Iran's shah, was so widely hated that millions took to the streets in 1979, forcing him from power.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Apr. 2026
Conservatives, who prefer that the money flow directly to states, have always hated it.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Anderson hated the idea, so Campbell bought him out with help from relatives and Arthur Dorrance, a wealthy friend of a friend.
—Matt Cortina, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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
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
Chicago had just beaten the Green Bay Packers, its hated rival, in the wild card round of the NFL playoffs — the Bears’ first playoff win in 15 years.
—Tim Rohan, NBC news, 18 Jan. 2026
Fisher, who is now perhaps the most hated man in Northern California, has been enthusiastically received by officials in Nevada, where the project has moved at a rapid clip.
—John Seabrook, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
When the school’s athletic director winds up dead after a heated confrontation with Peyton, the campus gleefully blames the most hated woman in college basketball.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
Republicans, meanwhile, hated everything that Democrats loved about Obama and often tilted into grotesque smears.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Pahlavi is the son of Iran’s former shah, who was so widely hated that millions took to the streets in 1979 to force him from power.
—Sean Nevin, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026
Pahlavi, 65, is the son of Iran’s former shah, who was so widely hated that millions took to the streets in 1979 to force him from power.
—Markus Schreiber, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Pahlavi, 65, is the son of Iran's former shah, who was so widely hated that millions took to the streets in 1979 to force him from power.
—ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
His father, Iran’s shah, was so widely hated that millions took to the streets in 1979, forcing him from power.
—Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
His father, Iran's shah, was so widely hated that millions took to the streets in 1979, forcing him from power.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Apr. 2026
Conservatives, who prefer that the money flow directly to states, have always hated it.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Anderson hated the idea, so Campbell bought him out with help from relatives and Arthur Dorrance, a wealthy friend of a friend.
—Matt Cortina, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hated
Adjective
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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
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The 1991 Gulf War was a stunning victory for the United States military, which has colored its assumptions about what conventional war—as opposed to counterinsurgency, a mission unwanted and disliked—should look like.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
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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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This election is a profound game-changer, not only for the people, but also the arts, liberating all those who were despised, sidelined or silenced by the corrupt regime.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Hated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hated. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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