hatred

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ha·tred

[hey-trid]
noun
the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.

Origin:
1125–75; Middle English; see hate, -red

pre·ha·tred, noun
self-ha·tred, noun


animosity, detestation, loathing, abomination.


attraction, love.

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Hatred is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
Example Sentences
  • Prejudice arises from human ignorance, human fear and human hatred.
  • There's something bizarre, something psychological, going on with that contrast between personal niceness and political hatred.
  • Politicians are pushing new legislation that would ban games deemed violent or that incite hatred.
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Collins
World English Dictionary
hatred (ˈheɪtrɪd)
 
n
a feeling of intense dislike; enmity

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History

hatred
c.1175, from M.E. hate (see hate) + rare suffix -red, from O.E. ræden "state, condition," related to verb rædan "to advise, discuss, rule, read, guess." See read and cf. second element of kindred and proper names Æþelræd and Alfred.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Easton
Bible Dictionary

Hatred definition


among the works of the flesh (Gal. 5:20). Altogether different is the meaning of the word in Deut. 21:15; Matt. 6:24; Luke 14:26; Rom. 9:13, where it denotes only a less degree of love.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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