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What is a basic definition of hate?
Hate is used as a verb to mean to passionately and intensely dislike something or to dislike or be unwilling. As a noun, hate is used to mean an intense loathing. Hate has a few other meanings as a verb, noun, and adjective.
If someone hates something, they dislike it so intensely that rage or disgust fills their body when they come into contact with it. A person who hates something is called a hater.
- Real-life examples: Children often hate vegetables. Enemies are people who hate each other. A person who hates dogs never wants to be around them. An environmentalist hates pollution and the destruction of rainforests.
- Used in a sentence: Mark hates Ashley so much that he won’t even be in the same room as her.
Hate also means to dislike or be unwilling, usually to do something. This sense of hate implies that a person could be unwilling because of sadness, shame, or doubt rather than animosity.
- Real-life examples: Children sometimes hate to do chores so much that their parents yell at them. Still, parents often hate to say goodbye when their children grow up and move away from home.
- Used in a sentence: I hate to say it but I think my mother was right.
Hate is also used as a noun to mean a strong dislike of something. The word hate is the opposite of the word love and is often considered one of the worst things a person can feel.
- Used in a sentence: The Grinch was consumed by his hate of Christmas.
Hate is used in a similar sense as an adjective to describe something that is related to or motivated by hate, prejudice, or intolerance.
- Real-life examples: The Ku Klux Klan is a hate group, meaning the members hate something specific or a specific group of people, in this case chiefly Black people. Social media websites forbid hate speech. An unpopular celebrity is likely to receive hate mail.
- Used in a sentence: Reading the hate speech about people’s skin color makes me sick.
Where does hate come from?
The first records of hate come from before the 900s. It ultimately comes from the Old English verb hatian and is related to the Dutch haten, the Old Norse hata, and the German hassen.
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What are some synonyms for hate?
What are some words that share a root or word element with hate?
What are some words that often get used in discussing hate?
How is hate used in real life?
Hate is an extremely common word that means to really, really dislike something. People often complain about things they hate on social media.
Why do I always find a new song I love and then play it until I hate it
— Greyson Gilmer (@Goldenglue) December 9, 2020
Every year my hate for math gets stronger😪
— lex. (@sweetgallex) January 31, 2017
Johnny Roman Garza, 21, was one of four people charged with conspiring with terroristic hate group Atomwaffen Division. https://t.co/jYTeDDaBXF
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) December 10, 2020
Try using hate!
Which of the following words is NOT a synonym of hate?
A. animosity
B. love
C. resentment
D. enmity