detest

Not only does the Korean magnate understandably detest that style, she has no love for Lindsay either.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026

His exile to the archives provided him with the arsenal of ammunition he used against the system he came to detest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026

So can a bridge be built between those who detest the love locks, and those who want them to stay in Bakewell?

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2024

“I detest it, the mere idea of it,” Freeman told Variety in a recent interview about “The Gray House,” a historical drama series about the work of Union spies during the Civil War.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2024

“Well, they did rather detest each other. Not unlike yourself and Mr. Malfoy. And then, your father did something Snape could never forgive.”

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling

Reilly said he loves being able to offer affordable food, as he "detests" waste of any kind.

From BBC ● May 27, 2026

When he pens an exploitative work, like another recent bestseller he detests, he is astonished to get a lucrative publishing deal and a movie offer.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2024

Beijing detests Lai, whom it believes is a separatist.

From Reuters ● Oct. 23, 2023

In Kendall's case, he chooses to follow the path already made by past generations and become the person he most detests in order to succeed.

From Salon ● May 30, 2023

How she changes her look almost daily—how she detests the idea of choosing one royal appearance for life.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

He detested beards, thought them all fakes—his bearded Georgian father had died in 1937.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

A boisterous protest greeted fans arriving at SoFi stadium in Los Angeles, with demonstrators waving the pre-revolutionary flag detested by the leaders of the Islamic republic.

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

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

From BBC ● May 9, 2026

The U.S. could soon have the “universally detested Temu Greyhound of the Skies.”

From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026

In this case the punishment for the arrogance the gods detested fell not on Queen Cassiopeia, Andromeda’s mother, but on her daughter.

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

There’s messaging about neighbors with different political views co-existing amicably – or, if not that, detesting each other for reasons other than politics.

From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2025

“I’ve always had this sort of magical-thinking way of detesting my previous books as a way of pushing myself forward,” she told the Washington Square Review in 2015.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2023

Also detesting the invasion is Maria Yumasheva, the 19-year-old daughter of Russian real estate developer Valentin Yumashev and his wife Tatyana Borisovna.

From Fox News ● Mar. 5, 2022

A reader called me out on it, saying that there’s a difference between disagreeing with a position and detesting a person.

From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2021

Sworn enemies, for years detesting each other, they were now compelled to live in the forced proximity of a narrow camp.

From Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. by Conrad von Bolanden