hater

[hey-ter]

noun

1. a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination).

   I'm a big hater of opera.

   Are you a dog-hater?

2. Informal.,  a person who thrives on showing hate toward, criticizing, or belittling other people or things, usually unfairly.

   The guy is just a hater, looking for a fight.

hater

/ ˈheɪtə /

noun

1. 1. someone who hates a specified person or thing

      a passionate hater of tyranny

   2. ( in combination )

      a woman-hater

      a cop-hater

2. informal,  a grudging or spiteful person, esp one who disparages others

   Don't let the haters get you down

Word History and Origins

Origin of hater¹

1350–1400; Middle English; see hate + -er ¹

Example Sentences

His most “persistent hater,” the pompous moralist Cato the Censor, railed at Scipio’s unseemly pride and alleged corruption.

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Dodgers manager Dave Roberts’ haters and naysayers can take a seat.

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His acolyte Curt Mills boasts of being a “hater” of Israel and says Israel is “wagging the dog” of American politics.

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That is never more clear than when she sends Ellen a copy of her newly published book, “The Change,” dedicated to “the haters, the doubters and the academic stranglers.”

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I heard laughter and ridicule from the haters as they enjoyed the franchise’s failures.

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