hater
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haters
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a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination).
I'm a big hater of opera.
Are you a dog-hater?
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Informal. a person who thrives on showing hate toward, criticizing, or belittling other people or things, usually unfairly.
The guy is just a hater, looking for a fight.
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someone who hates a specified person or thing
a passionate hater of tyranny
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( in combination )
a woman-hater
a cop-hater
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informal a grudging or spiteful person, esp one who disparages others
Don't let the haters get you down
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Origin of hater
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Call me a Dow hater, if you must.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
With the Knicks just two wins from completing a magical title run, the most dedicated NYC hater has to concede:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
The average person you meet on the street, the odds of them being a Jew hater are not better than them liking Jews.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2025
Perhaps it’s one long defense of being a hater, as a Forbes story published a few weeks ago posits.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2025
I don’t want to seem like a hater.
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
Confront your haters: Speaking of human relationships in the digital age, staff writer Luke Winkie recently went on a deep dive into Slate’s storied comment section.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026
My four Holocaust-survivor grandparents achieved the American dream in part by making the haters irrelevant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
If there’s one constant in this country besides death and taxes, it’s how quickly descendants of immigrants, and sometimes immigrants themselves, forget how loathed their ethnic group was and how they proved the haters wrong.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
A one-off single, released last October, it's a delicious takedown of Le Sserafim's haters, that asks the question: "If we're really that terrible, how come you're so obsessed?"
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
Unwittingly, I’d given the haters a fourteen-word feast.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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