hate

An object of hatred.

Noun

  1. An object of hatred.
    • One of my pet hates is traffic wardens.
  2. Hatred.
    • He gave me a look filled with pure hate.
  3. Negative feedback, abusive behaviour.
    • There was a lot of hate in the comments on my vlog about Lady Gaga from her fans.
  4. Bigotry.
    • The corporation said it would not tolerate hate.

Origin

From Middle English hate (noun), probably from Old English hatian (“to hate”, verb) and/or Old Norse hatr (“hate”, noun). Merged with Middle English hete, hæte, heate (“hate”), from Old English hete, from Proto-Germanic *hataz (“hatred, hate”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂d- (“strong emotion”). Cognate with Dutch haat (“hatred”), German Hass, Haß (“hate, hatred”), Luxembourgish Haass (“hate, hatred”), Vilamovian hās (“hate, hatred”), Yiddish האַס (has, “hatred”), Danish had (“hate, hatred”), Faroese and Icelandic hatur (“hatred, spite, aversion”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish hat (“hate, hatred”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃 (hatis, “hate, wrath”). The verb is from Middle English haten, from Old English hatian (“to hate, treat as an enemy”), from Proto-West Germanic *hatēn, from Proto-Germanic *hatāną (“to hate”), from Proto-Germanic *hataz, from the same root as above.

Forms

hates

Related

hatel hatred

Derived

antihate apprecihate behate cyberhate gay-hate hatable hateblog hate-boner hate click hate crime hate-crime hatedom hatefest hatefic hate figure hate-filled hate fuck hate group hateless hatelike hatelisting hate mail hate mailer hatemonger

Verb

  1. To dislike intensely or greatly.
    • As a kid, I used to hate to cycle to school every morning.
    • I hate to say it, but I know we're going to lose.
    • People who hate broccoli may have super-sensitive taste buds. - 1997, Popular Science, volume 251, number 4, page 34:
  2. To experience a feeling of hatred.
  3. Used in a phrasal verb: hate on.
    • I put ranch dressing on pizza. Please don't hate on me.

Forms

hates hating hated no-table-tags glossary hate hatest hatedst hateth -

Synonyms

abhor abominate can't stand can't stand the sight of despise detest disrelish execrate hate loathe resent spite

Antonyms

love

Hypernyms

dislike

Related

heinous

Derived

antihate apprecihate behate cyberhate forehate hatable hate-crime hatee hater haters gonna hate hate someone's guts hate-speech hate the sin but love the sinner I hate you love the sinner but hate the sin overhate self-hating they hate us 'cause they ain't us unhate