hate
verb (used with object)
to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest.
had hated
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past perfectof hate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Born near Los Angeles in 1944, to a United Methodist minister and a teacher, Leslie had hated his red hair and his name, and went by Les instead.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2022
Whatever it was, someone had hated them for it.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2022
The "Terminator" star has been open about his relationship with his children and previously revealed his kids had "hated" his move from the Hollywood industry to politics.
From Fox News ● Jul. 8, 2021
He said he had hated broccoli “since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2020
There was a touch of paternal contempt in it, even toward people he liked--and there were men at New Haven who had hated his guts.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
