hatred
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hatreds
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Etymology
Origin of hatred
Explanation
The noun hatred means to feel a strong emotional dislike toward something or someone. You feel hatred of people who have done terrible things to you, or books about too-perfect teens. Hatred comes from Old English hete, which means "hate," plus the suffix red (ræden), which means "the condition of." If you find after twenty years of marriage you no longer like your husband, you may be able to work it out. If you feel hatred towards him, your differences may be irreconcilable.
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“He has endured seemingly unendurable hatred without becoming hateful himself,” Mr. Cruz writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Held in pre-trial detention ever since, Goktas is facing charges of insulting Erdogan and incitement to public hatred, with prosecutors later adding an extra charge of praising crime and criminals, according to the indictment.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
“To see how much hatred can come from a song I wrote in my living room, meant to speak on how hard it is to watch people suffer, is tragic,” the singer wrote on Instagram.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Saint-Maximin made it clear on Instagram in January that "hatred and discrimination have no place in our society".
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Even when he was below deck, in his cabin working, Nat could feel hatred staring at the back of his neck, as though an animal stalked him in the night.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
The inquiry has received thousands of submissions about the impact of "one of society's oldest hatreds", said the counsel assisting the inquiry, Zelie Hegen.
From Barron's ● May 4, 2026
A contradiction I’m sure you understand is that Australia is a country of many hatreds, but also a country of great love.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2025
In a world of tribal hatreds and ancient resentments, the Gospel unites people in bonds of love who might otherwise have every reason to treat each other with suspicion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
That creates a permission structure for unstable people to wallow in their irrational hatreds.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2024
C. P. Ellis: hurting and hurtful, possessed of all the tedious, creaking, accumulated hatreds of the South, and yet guileless and—Riddick believed—essentially honorable.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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