detest

Some tolerate it; some fatalistically accept its coming; others downright detest it and those who use it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 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

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

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

And then they tell me I have to wear eyeliner, which I absolutely detest.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

He values skill, graciousness, and intellect and detests wanton corruption — especially when it touches him or someone he cares about.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2025

Beijing detests Lai, whom it believes is a separatist.

From Reuters ● Oct. 23, 2023

This, in a sport that absolutely detests nuance.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

"I was not a supporter of British imperialism, in fact I detested it," Yavar tells me.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2025

I detested myself for what I considered the abomination of feeling nothing.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

“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

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

If you already detest Dr. Phil, they will shore up your conviction that he is indeed worth detesting.

From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2017

I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.

From Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne