detested

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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

I detested “circling back” and “picking low-hanging fruit.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

He "detested his father", according to Neave, and left East Yorkshire for London's fashionable society.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

George Orwell detested the sermons that came with tea and bread when he was destitute in London.

From Salon • Jul. 5, 2025

The God of War, son of Zeus and Hera, both of whom, Homer says, detested him.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton