detest

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

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026

Ethnic Persians are about half the population, and even those who detest the theocratic regime don’t want the country to break up or descend into civil war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026

Carey shares that he used to detest wealthy people, before laughing and noting the irony — his career has made him rich.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025

Not only do the Fremen detest colonizers mining their planet for spice and often attack them, the mining operation is also a dangerous activity in and of itself.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2024

It was funny how he had really come to detest flying.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

She said she detests the shift toward app and kiosk ordering at locations in her area.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Beijing detests Lai, whom it believes is a separatist.

From Reuters ● Oct. 23, 2023

Those who know him well say he detests opposition.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2023

Crawford detests being out of the lineup for any reason.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 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

She detested the East Coast avatars of apocalypse, like Nathanael West, who saw only doom and gloom in sunny L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 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

His father, Kenneth, was a conscientious objector who detested social injustice, nuclear weapons and smoking in equal measure.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

As much as he detested the abuse that officials received, he was clear that fielding some boos was part of the job.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

He felt he was casting a spell on the detested bird of prey that would paralyze its evil force.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

“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

Fearing the power of the Huguenots and detesting their faith, the Guises created the Catholic League, an armed militia of Catholics that included armed monks, townsfolk, and soldiers.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

Erst the sire Of gods, detesting perjuries and fraud, Which that deceitful race so much employ'd, Chang'd to an animal deform'd their shapes; Where still a likeness and unlikeness seems To man.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by J. J. Howard