hate
verb (used with object)
to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest.
hates
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present tense formof hate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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“I was talking to a Republican consultant who ran one of the big super PACs and he, like, hates all of their media consultants,” Anna Greenberg, a Democratic pollster, told me.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
Wall Street normally hates price cuts, but some analysts didn’t mind the ones announced by Target on Tuesday.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Author and veteran television critic Alan Sepinwall hates spoilers, but he has some guidelines around what constitutes one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Safer just to enjoy Jay Baruchel’s funny and endearing portrait of a reckless risk-taker who hates being called a daredevil as much as he resents Ben Foster’s Evel Knievel attempting to give him some advice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Even though she hates me now, I have to protect her if I can.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
