hate
verb (used with object)
to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest.
hated
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past participleof hate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof hate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
hateverb (used with object)to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest.
Example Sentences
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“She’s been the most hated figure in a lot of ways at different times in her life and career,” Amor said.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
“He was playing a character that was like a very crotchety old man who hated everything,” Grossman said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
“At first I hated her for doing it,” he says, “but I realized she ruined her own life to set us free.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
“They hated me, but I did two tours with them,” he recalled in a 2001 Billboard interview.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
I hated wearing them as passionately as she did, but I hated lying about who I was almost as much.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
