detested

Example Sentences

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Both parties found voters on the doorsteps who disliked the government and detested the prime minister.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

A return to the top was a distant dream amid the dramas of two groundshares with Northampton and Birmingham, a detested ownership in Sisu, multiple protests and parliamentary mentions.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

“I think it’s proper to say that they really detested each other,” said Robert Aldrich, the film’s director.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Gaetz, as a man, appears to be widely detested by his former colleagues, given the number willing to publicly lambaste him.

From Salon • Nov. 14, 2024

Some of the private foundations’ publicity-shy directors quailed at becoming named as partners with a New Deal program detested by their corporate patrons.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik