hate
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hate 
[heyt] Pronunciation Key verb, hat·ed, hat·ing, noun
—Related forms
[heyt] Pronunciation Key verb, hat·ed, hat·ing, noun –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
–noun
| 1. | to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry. |
| 2. | to be unwilling; dislike: I hate to do it. |
| 3. | to feel intense dislike, or extreme aversion or hostility. |
| 4. | intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility. |
| 5. | the object of extreme aversion or hostility. |
[Origin: bef. 900; ME hat(i)en, OE hatian (v.); c. D haten, ON hata, Goth hatan, G hassen]
] —Related forms
hater, noun
—Synonyms 1. loathe, execrate; despise. Hate, abhor, detest, abominate imply feeling intense dislike or aversion toward something. Hate, the simple and general word, suggests passionate dislike and a feeling of enmity: to hate autocracy. Abhor expresses a deep-rooted horror and a sense of repugnance or complete rejection: to abhor cruelty; Nature abhors a vacuum. Detest implies intense, even vehement, dislike and antipathy, besides a sense of disdain: to detest a combination of ignorance and arrogance. Abominate expresses a strong feeling of disgust and repulsion toward something thought of as unworthy, unlucky, or the like: to abominate treachery.
—Antonyms 1. love.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| hate
(hāt) Pronunciation Key
v. hat·ed, hat·ing, hates v. tr.
v. intr. To feel hatred. n.
[Middle English haten, from Old English hatian. N., Middle English, from Old English hete.] hat'er n. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
hate (v.)
hate (v.)
O.E. hatian "to hate," from P.Gmc. *khatojanan (cf. O.S. haton, O.N. hata, Ger. hassen, Goth. hatan "to hate"), from PIE base *kedes- "feel strongly" (cf. Avestan sadra- "grief, sorrow, calamity," Gk. kedos "care, trouble, sorrow," Welsh cas "pain, anger"). The noun is O.E. hete "hatred, spite," from P.Gmc. *khatis-, altered in M.E. to conform with the verb. Hate mail is first attested 1967.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| hate | |
noun | |
| 1. | the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action [ant: love] |
verb | |
| 1. | dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards; "I hate Mexican food"; "She detests politicians" [ant: love] |
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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This
hate
In addition to the idiom beginning with hate, also see somebody up there loves (hates) me.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Hate
Hate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hated; p. pr. & pr. & vb. n. Hating.] [OE. haten, hatien, AS. hatian; akin to OS. hatan, hat?n to be hostile to, D. haten to hate, OHG. hazz?n, hazz?n, G. hassen, Icel. & Sw. hata, Dan. hade, Goth. hatan, hatian. ???. Cf. Hate, n., Heinous.]1. To have a great aversion to, with a strong desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; to dislike intensely; to detest; as, to hate one's enemies; to hate hypocrisy. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer. --1 John iii. 15. 2. To be very unwilling; followed by an infinitive, or a substantive clause with that; as, to hate to get into debt; to hate that anything should be wasted. I hate that he should linger here. --Tennyson. 3. (Script.) To love less, relatively. --Luke xiv. 26. Syn: To Hate, Abhor, Detest, Abominate, Loathe. Usage: Hate is the generic word, and implies that one is inflamed with extreme dislike. We abhor what is deeply repugnant to our sensibilities or feelings. We detest what contradicts so utterly our principles and moral sentiments that we feel bound to lift up our voice against it. What we abominate does equal violence to our moral and religious sentiments. What we loathe is offensive to our own nature, and excites unmingled disgust. Our Savior is said to have hated the deeds of the Nicolaitanes; his language shows that he loathed the lukewarmness of the Laodiceans; he detested the hypocrisy of the scribes and Pharisees; he abhorred the suggestions of the tempter in the wilderness.
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Hate\, n. [OE. hate, hete, AS. hete; akin to D. haat, G. hass, Icel. hatr, SW. hat, Dan. had, Goth. hatis. Cf. Hate, v.] Strong aversion coupled with desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; as exercised toward things, intense dislike; hatred; detestation; -- opposed to love. For in a wink the false love turns to hate. --Tennyson.
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