hate
verb (used with object)
to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest.
are hating
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present progressiveof hate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Greenlanders are hating on the U.S. now, making it much harder to convince them.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 10, 2026
Some people are loving it, some people are hating it.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2025
The teenager, who is from Queens, initially signed up “to understand why people are hating on the Jews” and left Birthright feeling “closer to God” and buoyed by a new sense of purpose.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2024
“The way I look at it, even if people are hating the car, any publicity is good publicity,” Hudson said Monday.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2024
But, however harmoniously they swing past "The Doves" or quicken to thirty-five at Chiswick Eyot, I know that in their hearts they are hating each other.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 17, 1920 by Various
