hate
verb (used with object)
to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest.
were 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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"Everybody thought we shouldn’t be in the tournament and now people that were hating on us are going home and about to watch us next week."
From Fox News ● Mar. 20, 2022
Just the other night, Zimmern says, people were hating on a particular post on his Twitter feed, a timeline generally filled with progressive thought and commentary.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2020
Or when I did that one with the Packers, all the Cheeseheads were hating on me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2018
“People were hating on me for saying that,” he said.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 1, 2017
No harm when your mother is crying, when your face is full of error, and your eyes were hating?
From Jewel by Burnham, Clara Louise
