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hate
1[heyt]
verb (used with object)
to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest.
to hate the enemy;
to hate bigotry.
Synonyms: , ,Antonyms:to be unwilling; dislike.
I hate to do it.
verb (used without object)
to feel intense dislike, or extreme aversion or hostility.
noun
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
the object of extreme aversion or hostility.
(in a video game) the focus or targeting of an enemy on a player character; enmity; aggro: As a tank, pretty much your number-one priority is getting and holding hate.
The Black Mage got hate, but it’s really his own fault for casting those level-four spells back to back.
As a tank, pretty much your number-one priority is getting and holding hate.
adjective
noting or relating to acts that are motivated by hatred, prejudice, or intolerance.
a hate crime;
a hate group;
hate mail.
verb phrase
Informalto show hate toward, criticize, or belittle, usually unfairly.
Don't hate on him just because he wins all the time.
hate-
2a combining form describing something that one does but professes to dislike and that may indicate conflicting love/hate emotions, as in
hate
/ ɪ /
verb
to dislike (something) intensely; detest
(intr) to be unwilling (to be or do something)
noun
intense dislike
informala person or thing that is hated (esp in the phrase pet hate )
(modifier) expressing or arousing feelings of hatred
hate mail
Other 51Թ Forms
- hater noun
- self-hate noun
- unhated adjective
- unhating adjective
- unhatingly adverb
- ˈٱ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hate1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hate1
Idioms and Phrases
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
“He portrays us as un-American, as people who hate this country just because we come out against him,” said Magdalena Jamieson, 29, of West Hollywood.
That’s all to say that zucchini doesn’t deserve the overwhelming hate it gets.
Stones were thrown at the windows of a hotel in Newtownabbey and a car was set on fire in Hesketh Gardens in Belfast, which police are treating a racially motivated hate crime.
“We celebrate diversity and reject divisiveness. We celebrate immigrants and reject hate and we support our neighbors,” one post noted.
He also said police are investigating "those posting hate on social media".
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When To Use
Hate is used as a verb to mean to passionately and intensely dislike something or to dislike or be unwilling. As a noun, hate is used to mean an intense loathing. Hate has a few other meanings as a verb, noun, and adjective.If someone hates something, they dislike it so intensely that rage or disgust fills their body when they come into contact with it. A person who hates something is called a hater.
- Real-life examples: Children often hate vegetables. Enemies are people who hate each other. A person who hates dogs never wants to be around them. An environmentalist hates pollution and the destruction of rainforests.
- Used in a sentence: Mark hates Ashley so much that he won’t even be in the same room as her.
- Real-life examples: Children sometimes hate to do chores so much that their parents yell at them. Still, parents often hate to say goodbye when their children grow up and move away from home.
- Used in a sentence: I hate to say it but I think my mother was right.
- Used in a sentence: The Grinch was consumed by his hate of Christmas.
- Real-life examples: The Ku Klux Klan is a hate group, meaning the members hate something specific or a specific group of people, in this case chiefly Black people. Social media websites forbid hate speech. An unpopular celebrity is likely to receive hate mail.
- Used in a sentence: Reading the hate speech about people’s skin color makes me sick.
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