despise

Blake later claimed to despise the job as a waste of the serious talent he should have used in film.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Co-signers include the Open Markets Institute, an anti-monopoly advocacy and research group in Washington that tends to despise Big Tech, and the Writer’s Guild.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

But it has also triggered an unexpected wave of nostalgia, with some Delhi residents expressing affection for a place they often claimed to despise.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

People either love the sitcom’s cartoonish flourishes or despise them.

From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2026

Madoc raged, but since his approval of a thing only makes her despise it, all his railing just made her more determined to never, ever go back.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

He’s retiring from his House seat this cycle because he has a young family and genuinely despises political life in Washington.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

To deal with others, he has sent Karoline Leavitt, his pep secretary, into the Brady Briefing Room to handle the reporters he despises.

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026

There is something else Friedman despises: finishing second.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

But Donio isn’t giving up his 2020 Audi A4, which he enjoys despite it having the feature he despises.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

A shiver goes through me when I think of the proximity of my mother and sister to this man who despises me.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

Their exits that of 24-time Grand Slam champion and fourth seed Novak Djokovic in the first round, with the Serb saying he "despised every moment I spent on the court for that".

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

It’s about understanding that that the removal of a single despised figurehead isn’t enough.

From Salon ● May 8, 2026

Bogle almost certainly would’ve despised cryptocurrency ETFs as speculative instruments that produce no cash flow.

From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026

Over the next few days, I did what any rational woman falling for a man with a cat she despised would do.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026

After all, what creature in nature despised its own existence and felt shame for its means of survival?

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

Haney reminded jurors that despising the rich isn’t a crime, much less an abnormal opinion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

He is described as a man who had “poked his chin up sideways, carrying his nose with that aforesaid appearance of ‘sniff,’ as though despising an egg which he knew he could not digest.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

Society is depicted as "worshiping only power and money, despising art, sensitivity, tenderness, where people ...don't talk anymore."

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

"It's astonishing how people can put so much vitriol and energy into despising someone. It's extraordinarily damaging," she says of the most bitter sibling rivalry.

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2024

“Thank you, but I can’t accept your money,” I said firmly, despising myself for my pride.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros