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hate-read

or hate·read, hate read

[ heyt-reed ]
/ ˈheɪtˌrid /
Informal.

verb (used with object), hate-read [heyt-red] /ˈheɪtˌrɛd/, hate-read·ing.

to read (a blog, newspaper, etc.) that one professes to dislike, often with the intention to mock or criticize.

verb (used without object), hate-read [heyt-red] /ˈheɪtˌrɛd/, hate-read·ing.

to engage in this activity.

noun

a blog, newspaper, etc., that one hate-reads.
the activity of hate-reading: my hate-read of her weekly column.

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Words nearby hate-read

hate sheet, hate someone's guts, hate speech, hate-, hate-listen, hate-read, hate-watch, hateable, hateful, hatemonger, hater

Definition for hate read (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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