lovelessness

noun

Definition of lovelessnessnext
as in hatred

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  1. hatred
  2. contempt
  3. disdain
  4. hate
  5. loathing
  6. abhorrence
  7. malice
  8. malevolence
Noun
  • The rioters waved the Confederate flag, a clear symbol of racist hatred.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
  • At least one person was killed and four people were injured in a shooting near Paris that may have been motivated by Islamophobic hatred, French officials say.
    — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of hatred
Noun
  • The defense attorney who asked a Louisiana judge to ban pink from the courtroom in the Madison Brooks rape case was held in contempt Monday.
    — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The boys’ callousness quickly turned to disgust, their contempt steadily aimed at Neil.
    — S. M. Reznik, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of contempt
Noun
  • The video was quickly met with disdain from Acton, the Democratic Governors Association, and others.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2026
  • For Moscow, though, the deals, the incentives, and even the shared disdain for Kyiv are not seen as a cue to play ball and back down, but as a sign that its US strategy is yielding results.
    — Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of disdain
Noun
  • These scholars support a growing chorus of voices calling for accountability when hate is manifested.
    — Arun Brahmbhatt, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Apu is being revived amid a climate of rising anti-South Asian and Indian hate.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of hate
Noun
  • Adam is being self-loathing, but Lee, who was listening, walks away.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Fear and loathing are running high as Hollywood processes Thursday’s shock firing of Bela Bajaria from her post as Netflix chief content officer.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of loathing
Noun
  • El-Sayed and Piker have professed their abhorrence of anti-Semitism.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
  • When human decency and basic civility fall victim to partisanship and ideology, and abhorrence of violence becomes tempered by political aims, monstrosities and tyrannies become possible.
    — Michael Bloomberg, Twin Cities, 24 Sep. 2025
Definition of abhorrence
Noun
  • The Court finds Defendant could not have responded to these instances of 'actual malice' in the First Amended Complaint, as they were not framed as such.
    — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • In October, a Newton County grand jury indicted 43-year-old Taiesha Wilson on charges of malice murder, murder, concealing the death of another, identity theft, and more.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of malice
Noun
  • But not even OpenAI CEO Sam Altman—played here, with unnerving malevolence by Andrew Garfield—is the movie’s star character.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Not malevolence but thoughtlessness was behind Eichmann’s deeds.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of malevolence
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