reviled

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But the MEK was long considered a terrorist group by Washington and enjoys little support inside Iran, where it is reviled for allying with Saddam Hussein's Iraq during the devastating 1980-88 war.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

As Iranian protests grow in size, an unlikely figure is gaining prominence—the son of the country’s reviled shah, who was toppled in the 1979 revolution.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

In Latin America, few are more reviled than the vendido — the sellout.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026

Hoover-style service resumed, in other words, with a new target even more universally reviled than Red infiltrators.

From Salon • Oct. 19, 2025

I leave us with the country roused against us, and our liberator and commander reviled.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson