reviled

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Take Halle Berry, one of the more famous examples of the post-Oscar slump, winning best actress in 2001 for “Monster’s Ball” before starring in the critically reviled bomb that was 2004’s standalone “Catwoman” film.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

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

Cops continue to be near-universally reviled, with federal surveys showing that 9 out of 10 Mexicans don’t trust the police.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2025

But whatever Hippasus’s true fate was, there is little doubt that he was reviled by his brothers.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife