hate-watch

American  

[heyt-woch] / ˈheɪtˌwɒtʃ /

Or hatewatch,

verb (used with object)

1. to watch (a TV show, movie, video, actor, etc.) that one professes to dislike, often with the intention to mock or criticize.

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verb (used without object)

1. to engage in this activity.

noun

1. a show, movie, etc., that one hate-watches.

   What's your hate-watch these days?

2. the activity of hate-watching.

   a two-hour hate-watch.

Other Word Forms

• hate-watcher
  noun

Etymology

Origin of hate-watch

First recorded in 2005–10

Example Sentences

The Razzies said it had become "a cult hate-watch classic almost immediately".

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

The stars get paychecks and attention, and we get to eat color-soaked hate-watch cake that channels old Hollywood glamour into an era defined by tacky maximalism and shallow thought.

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2025

And if half the audience is tuning in to “The Morning Show” purely to hate-watch, shouldn’t that disqualify it as a drama, even if the Primetime Emmys don’t have a soap opera category?

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2024

“They document every single thing I do online. They hate-watch every one of my streams. It’s made me feel quite alone.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 26, 2022

Elected to Congress in 2002, Mr. King attracted the attention of hate-watch groups like the Anti-Defamation League as he spoke increasingly about preserving “Western culture” or “Western civilization.”

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2019