hate

¹

[ heyt ]

verb (used with object)

, hat·ed, hat·ing.

1. to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest:

   to hate the enemy;

   to hate bigotry.

   Synonyms: despise, execrate, loathe

   Antonyms: love

2. to be unwilling; dislike:

   I hate to do it.

verb (used without object)

, hat·ed, hat·ing.

1. to feel intense dislike, or extreme aversion or hostility.

noun

1. intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
2. the object of extreme aversion or hostility.
3. (in a video game) the focus or targeting of an enemy on a player character; enmity; aggro: As a tank, pretty much your number-one priority is getting and holding hate.

   The Black Mage got hate, but it’s really his own fault for casting those level-four spells back to back.

   As a tank, pretty much your number-one priority is getting and holding hate.

adjective

1. noting or relating to acts that are motivated by hatred, prejudice, or intolerance:

   a hate crime;

   a hate group;

   hate mail.

verb phrase

1. Informal. to show hate toward, criticize, or belittle, usually unfairly:

   Don't hate on him just because he wins all the time.

hate-

²

1. 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

hate

/ heɪt /

verb

1. to dislike (something) intensely; detest
2. intr to be unwilling (to be or do something)

noun

1. intense dislike
2. informal.
   a person or thing that is hated (esp in the phrase pet hate )
3. modifier expressing or arousing feelings of hatred

   hate mail

Derived Forms

• ˈhateable, adjective

Other Words From

• hat·er noun
• self-hate noun
• un·hat·ed adjective
• un·hat·ing adjective
• un·hat·ing·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of hate¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of hate¹

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

Idioms and Phrases

In addition to the idiom beginning with hate , also see somebody up there loves (hates) me .

Synonym Study

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.

Example Sentences

Empire will be hate-watched and may set off some conversations on its way from fading from our minds.

From The Daily Beast

It's cheesy and ludicrous and, therefore, delightful; it's the reading equivalent of hate-watching.

From The Daily Beast

Scrolling through this hate-filled manifesto for the first time made the hairs on my arm tingle with discomfort.

From The Daily Beast

Everyone says they hate cops,” Jaden wrote, “but they are the people that they call for help.

From The Daily Beast

“Light trumps darkness, hope beats despair, grace wins over sin, love defeats hate, life conquers death,” the cardinal said.

From The Daily Beast

I hate to be long at my toilette at any time; but to delay much in such a matter while travelling is folly.

From Project Gutenberg

And Punch would get out of bed with raging hate in his heart against all the world, seen and unseen.

From Project Gutenberg

Being a God of Love, He would not choose to create a world in which hate and pain should have a place.

From Project Gutenberg

How could Alice Arden have possessed such an influence over this man, who seemed to hate her?

From Project Gutenberg

I hate drums in the march,' said the king, 'they do nothing but confuse the step.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• abhor
• despise
• detest
• loathe
• scorn
• shun