Abominated

The answer

HATED

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HATED answer page.

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• LOATHED (2 uses in xd)
• DETESTED (1 uses in xd)
• REVILED (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for HATED

Every other clue in this collection answered by HATED, most used first.

• Despised - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Couldn't stand - used 50 times, most recently in 2025
• Loathed - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Detested - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Couldn't stomach - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Abhorred - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Very unpopular - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• More than unpopular - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Reviled - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Couldn't take - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Unpopular and then some - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Extremely unpopular - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Therefore - HENCE, used 244 times
• Must - HASTO, used 200 times
• Vietnam's capital - HANOI, used 168 times
• Capital of Vietnam - HANOI, used 167 times
• Asian capital - HANOI, used 140 times
• Wore - HADON, used 134 times

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