hate

[ heyt ]

/ heɪt /

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verb (used with object), hat·ed, hat·ing.

to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.

to be unwilling; dislike: I hate to do it.

verb (used without object), hat·ed, hat·ing.

to feel intense dislike, or extreme aversion or hostility.

noun

intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.

the object of extreme aversion or hostility.

adjective

noting or relating to acts that are motivated by hatred, prejudice, or intolerance: a hate crime; a hate group; hate mail.

Verb Phrases

hate on, Informal. to show hate toward, criticize, or belittle, usually unfairly: Don't hate on him just because he wins all the time.

Nearby words

hatching, hatchling, hatchment, hatchure, hatchway, hate, hate crime, hate mail, hate sheet, hate someone's guts, hate speech

Origin of hate

before 900; Middle English hat(i)en, Old English hatian (v.); cognate with Dutch haten, Old Norse hata, Gothic hatan, German hassen

SYNONYMS FOR hate

1 loathe, execrate; despise.

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ANTONYMS FOR hate

1 love.

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Related forms

hat·er, nounself-hate, nounun·hat·ed, adjectiveun·hat·ing, adjective

un·hat·ing·ly, adverb

Synonym study

1. Hate, abhor, detest, abominate imply feeling intense dislike or aversion toward something. Hate, the simple and general word, suggests passionate dislike and a feeling of enmity: to hate autocracy. Abhor expresses a deep-rooted horror and a sense of repugnance or complete rejection: to abhor cruelty; Nature abhors a vacuum. Detest implies intense, even vehement, dislike and antipathy, besides a sense of disdain: to detest a combination of ignorance and arrogance. Abominate expresses a strong feeling of disgust and repulsion toward something thought of as unworthy, unlucky, or the like: to abominate treachery.

Definition for hate (2 of 2)

hate-

a combining form describing something that one does but professes to dislike and that may indicate conflicting love/hate emotions, as in hate-read; hate-kiss; hate-sex.

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Examples from the Web for hate

Everyone says they hate cops,” Jaden wrote, “but they are the people that they call for help.
Choking Back Tears, Thousands of Cops Honor Fallen Officer Ramos|Michael Daly|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the mindset of the Coexist camp, those abstract beliefs have become twisted things, wrapped up with hate.
COEXIST’s Bonehead Bumper-Sticker Politics|Michael Schulson|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Because all you guys do is talk about how you hate this person because of that.
Jamie Foxx: Get Over the Black ‘Annie’|Stereo Williams|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To not give in to profiteers, paid-off politicians and an extreme minority who hate its government and way of life.
The Gun Battle Since Newtown|Cliff Schecter|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST

They also frequented online chat rooms where fellow Islamic zealots teed off with venomous rants about their hate for infidels.
Post Office Robbers More Wanted Than ISIS|M.L. Nestel|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"Let them hate, if they fear us as well," muttered Gregory poring over the mysterious phrases.
Masters of the Guild|L. Lamprey
I like its noble aims, its scorn and hate of priestcraft and Slavery.
Julia Ward Howe|Laura E. Richards
And when ye've got no children of your own, and feel, all your inside risin' to another person's, and they hate ye—hate ye!
Sandra Belloni, Complete|George Meredith
He says too many things and always makes us do the things we hate to do.
The Black Phantom|Leo Edward Miller
Could she hate a country, however barren and rough, if it had saved the health and happiness of her future husband?
The Call of the Canyon|Zane Grey

British Dictionary definitions for hate

hate

/ (heɪt) /

verb

to dislike (something) intensely; detest

(intr) to be unwilling (to be or do something)

noun

intense dislike

informal a person or thing that is hated (esp in the phrase pet hate)

(modifier) expressing or arousing feelings of hatredhate mail

Derived Formshateable or hatable, adjective

Word Origin for hate

Old English hatian; related to Old Norse hata, Old Saxon hatōn, Old High German hazzēn

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Word Origin and History for hate (1 of 2)

hate

Old English hatian "to hate," from Proto-Germanic *hatojanan (cf. Old Saxon haton, Old Norse hata, German hassen, Gothic hatan "to hate"), from PIE root *kad- "sorrow, hatred" (cf. Avestan sadra- "grief, sorrow, calamity," Greek kedos "care, trouble, sorrow," Welsh cas "pain, anger"). Related: Hated; hating. French haine (n.), hair (v.) are Germanic. Hate crime attested from 1988.

Word Origin and History for hate (1 of 2)

hate

Old English hete "hatred, spite," from Proto-Germanic *hatis- (cf. Old Norse hattr, Old Frisian hat, Dutch haat, Old High German has, German Hass, Gothic hatis; see hate (v.)). Altered in Middle English to conform with the verb. Hate mail is first attested 1967.

Idioms and Phrases with hate

hate

In addition to the idiom beginning with hate

hate someone's guts

also see:

somebody up there loves (hates) me

hate

verb (used with object), hat·ed, hat·ing.

verb (used without object), hat·ed, hat·ing.

noun

adjective

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Definition for hate (2 of 2)

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