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hatred

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noun

the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.

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

Related forms

pre·ha·tred, noun

self-ha·tred, noun

Synonyms
animosity, detestation, loathing, abomination.

Antonyms
attraction, love.

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Now it is up to the federal courts to prevent the hatred from spreading further.

Mentor admits to combining half a dozen rants, whines, and howls of hatred into the above question.

My query is whether such hatred is necessary if a writer's mind is as good as his pen.

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Now it is up to the federal courts to prevent the hatred from spreading further.

Mentor admits to combining half a dozen rants, whines, and howls of hatred into the above question.

My query is whether such hatred is necessary if a writer's mind is as good as his pen.

We see hatred and jealousy all over the world becoming manifested in the form of terrorism.

The hatred of other cultures and lifestyles is similar to a distaste for other's art forms.

One may eventually prove oneself, but hatred is a completely different matter.

But, it is moving day when my hatred for futons really comes out.

Thirty years of increasing exploitation has filled a vast reservoir of hatred for the academy.

Laws against racial and religious hatred are often defended on the ground that they are directed at racists and xenophobes.

Adversity makes you hardhearted against the world, thus creating hatred between people.

Politicians are pushing new legislation that would ban games deemed violent or that incite hatred.

They completely undermine his project of mutual suspicion and hatred.

It feeds on sectarian strife, lax policing and anti-Western hatred.

As for unhealthy lifestyles, hatred is certainly up there and you're about as sick as they come.

The touchscreen keyboard alone would stir up hatred amongst the tech writers of the world.

Please refrain from exhibiting your obvious hatred of men.

There's something bizarre, something psychological, going on with that contrast between personal niceness and political hatred.

The women have little in common besides their genius and their hatred for each other.

Once again, the irrationality, hatred and bigotry of religion poisons everything.

Their numbers had been destroyed by man's hatred and the handbag trade.

Saves lives, sells comics, despite his human brain's hatred for his robot body.

Too many sins have been committed because of racial hatred.

But bloodletting was painfully recent, distrust is rife and hatred still lurks.

You're not going to gain anything except a hatred of the architecture they've created.

The crusades stand as prime examples of genocidal hatred.

Prejudice arises from human ignorance, human fear and human hatred.

We are all capable of learning hatred even the kind of hatred that produces suicide bombers.

Their online comments make for sad reading-sad because of the hatred on display.

Ultimately, what began in hatred evolved into, in the words from that great song from the musical.

It is never easy and the political and social climate of public scorn and hatred makes it harder to get back to.

Visitors also learn about other genocides and acts of hatred occurring today.

All the cynicism, sarcasm and general hatred for mankind you think you have they possess in their.

Ribnik's hatred of lawyers stems from guilt about his own profession.

He confesses to have felt nothing less than hatred toward his father at numerous times.

Too many people use hatred as their method of manifestation.

For me, the hatred of teaching was all about being uncomfortable in front of the room.

Justice, served on a silver platter-----You should remember the past, but dont dwell on it hatred only begets hatred.

And this hatred of religion isn't healthy or helpful.

Here, may be, is the clue to both: hatred and the mutual understanding at a certain level.

The ones that are evil and seek to cause hatred and harm would be eliminated.

The only things capable of motivating one into action are hatred or hunger.

Phillydrifter, you are an unfortunate person with apparently more hatred than intelligence.

All the cynicism, sarcasm and general hatred for mankind you think you have they possess in their little fingers.

Nelson's hatred of conventional structure made him difficult to educate.

Hatred and evil are based in the desire only to value oneself, rendering that self a god.

She reported wars to express her hatred for man's mortality.

In summary, my point is that wanting to understand your son or daughter does not prove the fact of hatred or fear.

They wanted to stay in power, and they harnessed ethnic hatred as a means to that end.

Sorry, but being pro-immigration enforcement does not equal hatred.

It is distressing to see virulent hatred and disgust expressed.

Prejudice and hatred is rising, especially as the economic slump bites.

He ponders the extravagant hatred being directed towards him and his.

But this more recent call for fear and hatred is shocking.

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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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Etymonline

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.

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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