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to dislike strongly I simply loathe tapioca pudding
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Recent Examples of loathed
Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026 As a native Angeleno, I was always loathed visiting these poorly lit, claustrophobically hung galleries. —Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 17 Apr. 2026 Uber-talented yet, at some point, nearly universally loathed. —Chris Branch, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026 King Charles famously loathed his time at the boarding school, but Peter seems to have thrived in the austere Scottish landscape, becoming head boy of the institution before graduating. —Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026 Greg Long was similarly loathed and demonized by the Bigfoot faithful after publication of his 2004 book, The Making of Bigfoot, which concluded that Patterson was a con artist and his film a hoax. —Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026 The company is loathed seemingly out of proportion to what its product actually is, which is a janky, glitching interface for ChatGPT and other AI models. —Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026 Such actions may seem like an overzealous crusade against a fundamental—if loathed—feature of the modern workplace, but Rebecca Hinds, author of the new book Your Best Meeting Ever, says these bosses might not be going far enough. —Claire Zillman, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2026 That is, arguably, a deeply Christian philosophy, one apparently loathed by some of the most powerful Christians in America. —Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026
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Soon after, The Times — a paper that back then loathed leftists of all stripes — hired Manrique as a columnist in May 1931. —Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026 As a native Angeleno, I was always loathed visiting these poorly lit, claustrophobically hung galleries. —Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 17 Apr. 2026 Uber-talented yet, at some point, nearly universally loathed. —Chris Branch, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026 King Charles famously loathed his time at the boarding school, but Peter seems to have thrived in the austere Scottish landscape, becoming head boy of the institution before graduating. —Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026 Greg Long was similarly loathed and demonized by the Bigfoot faithful after publication of his 2004 book, The Making of Bigfoot, which concluded that Patterson was a con artist and his film a hoax. —Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026 The company is loathed seemingly out of proportion to what its product actually is, which is a janky, glitching interface for ChatGPT and other AI models. —Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026 Such actions may seem like an overzealous crusade against a fundamental—if loathed—feature of the modern workplace, but Rebecca Hinds, author of the new book Your Best Meeting Ever, says these bosses might not be going far enough. —Claire Zillman, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2026 That is, arguably, a deeply Christian philosophy, one apparently loathed by some of the most powerful Christians in America. —Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loathed
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The British prime minister is only marginally less disliked by Britons, with his net favorability of minus 48 one of the worst since YouGov started tracking this metric in the 1970s.— Alexander Smith, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026
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The 1991 Gulf War was a stunning victory for the United States military, which has colored its assumptions about what conventional war—as opposed to counterinsurgency, a mission unwanted and disliked—should look like.— Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
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Republicans, meanwhile, hated everything that Democrats loved about Obama and often tilted into grotesque smears.— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026
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Pahlavi is the son of Iran’s former shah, who was so widely hated that millions took to the streets in 1979 to force him from power.— Sean Nevin, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026
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Smith had slapped Chris Rock onstage at the Academy Awards, and was suddenly one of the most despised actors in America.— Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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This is a despised company right now.— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Loathed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/loathed. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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