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hate

Pronunciation /heɪt/

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verb

[with object]

1Feel intense dislike for.
‘the boys hate each other’
- ‘two separate polls confirmed he is hated by the public’
- ‘Due to disliking or hating someone or simply being angry with them, we develop harmful thoughts directed at that person.’
- ‘I didn't mean to make people hate him, just dislike him sometimes.’
- ‘What he had said was all through rage, he didn't really hate Cooper… just disliked her.’
- ‘It was almost as if writing movies had given people one more reason to hate me, or dislike or resent me.’
- ‘The boys didn't only hate me because I danced and was different, but because the girls loved me!’
- ‘The German boys hate you, and I as one of them would like to tear you to pieces.’
- ‘Most of us were put through a system which led us to hate, or certainly dislike, the language which we should love.’
- ‘I have to say also that I find it very hard to hate or even significantly dislike someone.’
- ‘It's so easy to put yourself down; to criticise, despise and hate the fat that you see as representative as some sort of failing on your part.’
- ‘Most of the kids are rich, snobby preps, which we despise, and hate everyone who isn't like them.’
- ‘I mean we're not sure if Aurora hates Jonathan but we know Jonathan hates her, or at least dislikes her very much.’
- ‘She didn't hate him, but severely disliked him most of the time.’
- ‘She couldn't stand it when someone disliked her, let alone hate her!’
- ‘Just because he dislikes me, he's causing everyone else to hate me too.’
- ‘I am not saying that you shouldn't dislike another team, but to hate another for no apparent reason is stupid.’
- ‘We know the devastation that can be caused when different religions start hating each other.’
- ‘I wanted to clear up the rumors of us fighting with each other or hating each other.’
- ‘A camp young man and a grumpy mountain type who were the first on the island hated each other's guts.’
- ‘They hated each other, slept in separate rooms all their married life and barely spoke.’
- ‘I'm glad they found love, because they used to hate each other.’
loathe, detest, dislike greatly, abhor, abominate, despise, execrate, feel aversion towards, feel revulsion towards, feel hostile towards, be repelled by, be revolted by, regard with disgust, not be able to bear, not be able to stand, be unable to stomach, find intolerable, shudder at, recoil from, shrink from
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1. 1.1Have a strong aversion to (something)
  ‘he hates flying’
  ‘I'd hate to live there’
  ‘And this is the girl who used to hate thoughts of ill-will towards other living creatures, human or otherwise.’
  ‘And in a mixed gym it isn't polite to mention you hate to hear men grunting, sweating and groaning next to you.’
  ‘Dario replied regretfully, hating to see his protégé suffering like this.’
  ‘There I said it, I hate cooking. I hate the chopping part, I hate the stirring part, I hate hot water/oil splashing on to my hands, I hate cleaning up.’
  ‘I hate having to wash my hair every single day. I need a spray powder shampoo.’
2. 1.2with infinitive Used politely to express one's regret or embarrassment at doing something.
  ‘I hate to bother you’
  ‘I hate to bother you with it, dear readers, but right now I can think of nothing else.’
  ‘I hate to be a bother, but none of your journal entries past Sunday's have shown up in my LiveJournal friends list.’
  ‘I hate to intrude with reality, but did the WWF bother to ask where all this increase in population is going on?’
  ‘I hate to say this, but I can't be bothered to do an article this week.’
  ‘I hate to see front gardens entirely given over to the family saloon but when the car has to be parked there, it is unrealistic to plan the space without taking it into account.’
  be sorry, be reluctant, be loath, be unwilling, be disinclined
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3. 1.3hate oninformal no object Express strong dislike for; criticize or abuse.
  ‘I can't hate on them for trying something new’
  ‘Those who are PC haters can have a blast shooting at the PCs littered around with your weaponry.’
  ‘The successes of someone so different from them are just unbearable to these jealousy-consumed haters.’
  ‘Can you believe that there are these haters on the internet with an entire website dedicated to being mean to Andrew?’
  ‘To all you backstabbers, haters and bastards, I hope you die slowly and painfully!’
  ‘They are such haters that upsetting normal people leading everyday happy lives is their real kick.’

noun

mass noun

1Intense dislike.
‘feelings of hate and revenge’
- ‘The father was blinded by rage and had nothing but a stare that was glaring with hate for what he believed had happened.’
- ‘Discourtesy was the cornerstone of Mercer's hate for the world.’
- ‘His youthful hate for a few had turned to a dulled resentment of an entire class.’
- ‘They are unanimous in their hate for me - and I welcome their hatred.’
- ‘I have a serious, blood-boiling hate for Shrek.’
- ‘However, you should never lose your temper out of hate for the enemy.’
- ‘That's the voice of a man stoking the fires of hate for political gain.’
- ‘They are articulated with energy and in a way that often crosses the line between criticism of opposing belief systems and expressions of contempt and hate for political opponents.’
- ‘The isolation restricts your mind and you're likely to become a very angry, bitter recluse full of hate for others as well as yourself.’
- ‘Just for one moment you could have put aside your blind hate for the country, but you did not.’
- ‘Therefore, if we could just get to the root cause of their hate for us, maybe we could make them stop hating us.’
- ‘I think it has to do with his hate for falsity in people.’
- ‘And the strange thing was I still did not know what had sparked off her intense hate for me.’
- ‘He had left a storm within her heart, raging with hate for him.’
- ‘How could it be possible to have so much hate for a girl?’
- ‘Donnie's eyes showed his deeper hate for him, he hated his bloodshot blue eyes, he hated his fake blonde hair, and he hated how similar he looked.’
- ‘I mean, we met in the third grade and bonded over our mutual hate for the class bully, Johnny Donovan.’
- ‘Parts of the public do all they can to support a certain politician, while they are filled with hate for his or her enemies among the other top leaders.’
- ‘Then becoming so consumed with hate for them, she went psychotic.’
- ‘Her sorrow seemed bittersweet; a mix of her sour hate for whatever had caused her so much grief and the sweet memories of what she had lost.’
loathing, hatred, detestation, dislike, distaste, abhorrence, abomination, execration, resentment, aversion, hostility, ill will, ill feeling, bad feeling
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1. 1.1as modifier Denoting hostile actions motivated by intense dislike or prejudice.
  ‘a hate campaign’
  ‘A tribunal was told Mr Carroll was subjected to an intense hate campaign after he was exposed as the fireman telling bosses of an alleged scam at Horwich station, near Bolton.’
  ‘Having thought that the hate campaign Mrs Goodrick has waged against the entire German nation had finally come to an end, I see she is still determined to keep this thing going.’
  ‘The man at the centre of the row told supporters of the hate campaign against him.’
  ‘There are times in this fabulous country when I can almost convince myself that the hate campaign is a myth.’
  ‘He has become the target of a hate campaign by activists who call for tolerance of their beliefs.’
  ‘If a politician has been subject to public opprobrium they are legitimate targets for a media hate campaign.’
  ‘A national hate campaign began against the economic migrants who were posing as refugees.’
  ‘They must avoid bad tactics of slander, dirty tricks, smear campaign and hate speeches that discourage citizens to participate in politics.’
  ‘A zero tolerance campaign to stop race hate attacks, domestic violence and attacks on elderly, disabled and vulnerable people will start in Bradford next year.’
  ‘They have systematically poisoned the social environment through hate campaigns and this widened the Hindu-Muslim chasm.’
  ‘Freedom, unless it gets squandered in the name of fear or defiance, will endure long after this fragile, rootless hate campaign has burned itself to ashes.’
  ‘A couple today told how they were pushed to breaking point by a vindictive neighbour who waged a 15-month hate campaign against them.’
  ‘Three people were killed and 129 injured during his two-week hate campaign targeted at minority communities.’
  ‘The Congress Party has launched a campaign to halt hate speech against fellow citizens.’
  ‘Threats and public verbal abuse were common, as was persuading friends and family to join hate campaigns.’
  ‘Unfortunately, a lot of people seem to be on a personal hate campaign against Beckham, probably based on jealousy more than anything else.’
  ‘If Microsoft carried out an anti hate speech campaign it would reassure a lot of parents.’
  ‘Even in most democracies, it has become accepted, indeed constitutionally enshrined, that freedom of speech ends where hate speech begins.’
2. 1.2informal count noun An intensely disliked person or thing.
  ‘Richard's pet hate is filling in his tax returns’
  ‘Top hates were the lack of public transport, ‘not enough to do’ and ‘anti-youth prejudice.’’
  ‘She spends her spare time dreaming up anti - hobbies; politically correct organisations and human rights to store in her hutch of pet hates.’
  ‘Of all my pet hates, people who claim to have read all of Dickens by the age of 15 rank as number one.’
  ‘My pet hates are drivers who feel their way around in dusk or thick mists of rain without lights; and those who drive with headlights and front fog lights on clear nights.’
  ‘Everyone has their own pet hates and those that really wind them up no matter what good they do.’
  bugbear, bane, bogey, bugaboo, pet aversion, thorn in one's flesh, thorn in one's side, bane of one's life
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