noun

• 1A person who greatly dislikes a specified person or thing.

  ‘a man hater’

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  • ‘he's not a hater of modern music’
  • ‘He's a misogynist, homophobic, woman hater.’
  • ‘Overall it isn't for everyone, especially haters of live theatre.’
  • ‘The municipal officials are hounded by indignant dog haters.’
  • ‘Such people often end in becoming furious haters of all who differ with them.’
  • ‘Grinches, Scrooges and general Christmas haters will crack nasty smiles when they see that movie.’
  • ‘His views upon religion were exceedingly broad, and he was a hearty hater of shams of all descriptions.’
  • ‘He is a writer of fiction, a self taught hardware guru, and a hater of all things bureaucratic and process-oriented.’
  • ‘I'm not an Abba lover but then I'm not an Abba hater either, just a bit indifferent.’
  • ‘Support groups are professional and not disgruntled haters of doctors.’
  • ‘I'm a food lover and a hater of anything wasteful.’
  • ‘He is an avowed hater of literature.’
  • ‘I don't need basketball haters trying spoil my joy.’

  1. 1.1informal A negative or critical person.
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     • ‘she found it difficult to cope with the haters’
     • ‘Mayor Willie W. Herenton, who is black, has called his critics "haters."’
     • ‘Facebook has been a particularly vitriolic breeding ground for the haters.’
     • ‘We are not trying to brag about our lifestyles we in fact are just defending them against haters.’
     • ‘Lewis is also a great hater.’
     • ‘These haters are everywhere and he is just left gasping in shock.’
     • ‘There are too many haters around these days.’
     • ‘We have to preempt the haters.’
     • ‘The core threat to democracy is not in the White House, it's the haters themselves.’
     • ‘The real bigots and haters are you, Michael Moore and the liberal media elites.’
     • ‘We can be passionate lovers of Jesus, but we can no longer be passionate haters.’
     • ‘Far from flying in the face of English academic freedom, maybe the latest haters are simply reverting to type.’
     • ‘Haters, that's what they are, just haters!’
     • ‘A story of how hate destroys the hater.’
     • ‘Haters will hate these tracks, for essentially the same reasons.’
     • ‘More now on the suspect, an alleged killer, but pretty clearly a proven hater.’
     • ‘Sounds like a bunch of jealous haters to me’
     • ‘He actually called me a hater, just like online.’
     • ‘I think fanboys are much worse than haters, at least haters are sometimes entertaining, especially when they don't intend to be.’
     • ‘Can you believe that there are these haters on the internet with an entire website dedicated to being mean to Andrew?’
     • ‘This is what hate-speech laws do - punish people who point out the haters, while leaving the haters untouched.’