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as in hatred
a very strong dislike
a congenital detestation of injustice, which drove her to become an activist for civil rights
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as in enemy
something or someone that is hated
the family's pickiest eater is quite vehement in expressing his feelings about boiled cabbage, a particular detestation of his
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Recent Examples of detestation
One of the most memorable chapters epitomizes her detestation for the ultra-wealthy and pompous intellectuals who rushed to rationalize her work.
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Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 20 Jan. 2024
Media coverage oscillated wildly between sycophantic applause and puritanical scrutiny - celebrities made to traipse an ephemeral, razor thin line between public adoration and detestation.
—Colin Scanlon, Redbook, 4 Aug. 2023
That was the level of detestation and dedication to overturning Roe.
—Tara Kole, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 July 2022
Others balance their detestation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine against other concerns.
—Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 21 Mar. 2022
Here all the liturgical phrases of the 19th-century religion of progress, which had seemed hollow and platitudinous to a young man growing up in America in detestation of the Sunday supplements, rang true.
—John Dos Passos, National Review, 28 Sep. 2020
Germany has set aside its traditional detestation for debt to unleash emergency spending, while enabling the rest of the European Union to breach limits on deficits.
—Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2020
But how much of a life, free of troubles and self-detestation, can a 15-year-old boy concerned with raising an infant build before his sense of self is devoured?
—Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 3 Oct. 2019
On Iran, Trump’s detestation for diplomacy is equally dangerous.
—Trudy Rubin, Philly.com, 6 Oct. 2017
Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 20 Jan. 2024
Media coverage oscillated wildly between sycophantic applause and puritanical scrutiny - celebrities made to traipse an ephemeral, razor thin line between public adoration and detestation.
—Colin Scanlon, Redbook, 4 Aug. 2023
That was the level of detestation and dedication to overturning Roe.
—Tara Kole, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 July 2022
Others balance their detestation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine against other concerns.
—Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 21 Mar. 2022
Here all the liturgical phrases of the 19th-century religion of progress, which had seemed hollow and platitudinous to a young man growing up in America in detestation of the Sunday supplements, rang true.
—John Dos Passos, National Review, 28 Sep. 2020
Germany has set aside its traditional detestation for debt to unleash emergency spending, while enabling the rest of the European Union to breach limits on deficits.
—Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2020
But how much of a life, free of troubles and self-detestation, can a 15-year-old boy concerned with raising an infant build before his sense of self is devoured?
—Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 3 Oct. 2019
On Iran, Trump’s detestation for diplomacy is equally dangerous.
—Trudy Rubin, Philly.com, 6 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for detestation
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Years of mud-slinging would follow and their hatred for each other seemed to only intensify.Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 21 Nov. 2024
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Tribalism forms connections based on ignorance and shared hatred.Dan Berger, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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The scarcity of essentials means players have to weigh up the risk and reward of every engagement with an enemy.Issy van der Velde, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
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Those test-driving the plane will be provided with a mixed-reality headset allowing a 360-degree view flying in-formation while trying to defeat an enemy target.Ashley J. DiMella Fox News, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2024
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The ambivalence of André and his parents was culturally unexceptional, but Simone’s abhorrence wasn’t.Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
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To assume that liberalism is the only system that can justify or explain an abhorrence of bigotry is to ignore a wealth of moral traditions that are at least equally formative.Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
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At a news conference recently, Powell, the Fed chief, acknowledged public antipathy about lingering inflation and its potential influence at the polls.Daniel de Visé, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2024
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Trump's antipathy toward Iran has grown, with accusations of Iranian interference in his campaign and fears of retaliation.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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If open carry is passed, hate groups could exploit the law to display their guns in a public show of force, said state Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith, D-Orlando.Skyler Swisher, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2024
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That element doesn’t come from a single source, however, but from all the core characters chiming in on the main duo’s love/hate bromance.Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 28 Nov. 2024
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Black Sheep stars Nathan Meister as Henry, a man who grew up on a sheep farm but developed a deep phobia of them.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
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What the current vanguard of intensive parenting appears to reflect is a deepening phobia of diminishing returns.Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024
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Minority Leader Matt Hall, R-Richland Township, described Democrats as having an aversion to taking political risks.Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2024
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But venture capital’s aversion to serious risk—in the agricultural world, at least—has largely instead kept it in bed with Big Ag and favoring ventures that are bound to get bought up by them.Stephen Robert Miller, WIRED, 24 Oct. 2024
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In the wake of this moral abomination, the Senate should pass it and President Biden should sign it as one of his last acts in office.The Editors, National Review, 21 Nov. 2024
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There’s the obvious question of whether or not including sugar is an abomination, but that’s never the end of the debate.Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Detestation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detestation. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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