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To dislike someone or something intensely.

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detest

Although she enjoyed lively conversation, she came to detest needless interruptions.
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Several craft-fair vendors came to detest a shrill advertising jingle that played repeatedly beside their stalls throughout the morning.
From When Friction Becomes Conflict.
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