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hate

Audio Help [heyt] Pronunciation Key verb, hat·ed, hat·ing, noun

–verb (used with object)

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.

–verb (used without object)

3.	to feel intense dislike, or extreme aversion or hostility.

–noun

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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hate Audio Help   (hāt) Pronunciation Key
v.   hat·ed, hat·ing, hates

v.   tr.

1. To feel hostility or animosity toward.
2. To detest.
To feel dislike or distaste for: hates washing dishes.

v. intr.
To feel hatred.

n.

Intense animosity or dislike; hatred.
An object of detestation or hatred: My pet hate is tardiness.

[Middle English haten, from Old English hatian. N., Middle English, from Old English hete.]

hat'er n.

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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.

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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]

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.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
hate [heit] verb

to dislike very much
Example: I hate them for their cruelty to my father; I hate getting up in the morning.

Arabic:	يَكْرَه
Chinese (Simplified):	恨
Chinese (Traditional):	討厭, 恨
Czech:	nenávidět
Danish:	hade
Dutch:	haten
Estonian:	vihkama
Finnish:	vihata, inhota
French:	détester
German:	hassen
Greek:	μισώ
Hungarian:	gyűlöl
Icelandic:	hata
Indonesian:	membenci
Italian:	odiare

Japanese:	憎む
Korean:	몹시 싫어하다
Latvian:	ienīst; neciest
Lithuanian:	ne(pa)kęsti
Norwegian:	hate, avsky
Polish:	nienawidzieć, nie znosić
Portuguese (Brazil):	detestar, odiar
Portuguese (Portugal):	odiar
Romanian:	a urî, a detesta
Russian:	ненавидеть
Slovak:	nenávidieť
Slovenian:	sovražiti
Spanish:	odiar, detestar, aborrecer
Swedish:	hata, avsky
Turkish:	nefret etmek

hate1 [heit] noun

great dislike
Example: a look of hate

Arabic:	كَراهِيَه، كُرْه
Chinese (Simplified):	憎恶
Chinese (Traditional):	憎惡
Czech:	nenávist
Danish:	had
Dutch:	haat
Estonian:	viha
Finnish:	viha
French:	haine
German:	der Haß
Greek:	μίσος
Hungarian:	gyűlölet
Icelandic:	hatur
Indonesian:	kebencian
Italian:	odio

Japanese:	憎しみ
Korean:	증오
Latvian:	naids
Lithuanian:	neapykanta
Norwegian:	hat, avsky
Polish:	nienawiść
Portuguese (Brazil):	ódio
Portuguese (Portugal):	ódio
Romanian:	ură
Russian:	ненависть
Slovak:	nenávisť
Slovenian:	sovraštvo
Spanish:	odio, hincha (familiar)
Swedish:	hat, avsky
Turkish:	nefret

hate2 [heit] noun

something disliked
Example: Getting up in the morning is one of my pet (= particular) hates.

Arabic:	شَيءٌ مَكْروه
Chinese (Simplified):	憎恨的东西
Chinese (Traditional):	憎恨的東西
Czech:	nenáviděná věc, strašák
Danish:	aversion
Dutch:	ergernis, kwelling
Estonian:	vastik asi
Finnish:	inhon kohde
French:	bête noire, cauchemar
German:	etwas Verhaßtes
Greek:	αντιπάθεια
Hungarian:	gyűlöletének a tárgya
Icelandic:	vera meinilla við
Indonesian:	tidak disukai
Italian:	avversione

Japanese:	嫌いなこと
Korean:	증오의 대상
Latvian:	nepatikas objekts
Lithuanian:	nepakenčiamas dalykas
Norwegian:	det å ha uvilje mot
Polish:	znienawidzona rzecz, *osoba
Portuguese (Brazil):	aversão
Portuguese (Portugal):	aversão
Russian:	ненавистное занятие
Slovak:	nenávidená vec
Slovenian:	osovražena stvar
Spanish:	cosa que uno más detesta, pesadilla
Swedish:	hatobjekt
Turkish:	nefret edilen kimse, *şey

See also: hateful, hatred

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Hate

Ab*hor"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abhorred; p. pr. & vb. n. Abhorring.] [L. abhorrere; ab + horrere to bristle, shiver, shudder: cf. F. abhorrer. See Horrid.]

1. To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.

Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. --Rom. xii. 9.

2. To fill with horror or disgust. [Obs.]

It doth abhor me now I speak the word. --Shak.

3. (Canon Law) To protest against; to reject solemnly. [Obs.]

I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul Refuse you for my judge. --Shak.

Syn: To hate; detest; loathe; abominate. See Hate.

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Hate

A*bom"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abominated; p. pr. & vb. n. Abominating.] [L. abominatus, p. p. or abominari to deprecate as ominous, to abhor, to curse; ab + omen a foreboding. See Omen.] To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety.

Syn: To hate; abhor; loathe; detest. See Hate.

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