hate
verb (used with object)
to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest.
was hating
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past progressiveof hate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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They hated from 8 a.m. to midnight and we took it all in, trying to figure out who then was hating on us and how we could overcome it.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2022
The Scot, 50, who starts his campaign on Tuesday, said he was "hating every minute" of lockdown and even contemplating his future.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2020
“I just said, ‘Thank you so much for that experience and please send loving energy and my apologies to all the bat mitzvah girls I was hating on,’” she said.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2018
“Things really didn’t go our way too much. Most of the replays went against us. I was hating replay for a while. We gotta put this behind us and start a new streak.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2016
I was hating my environment more each day.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
