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to hate

to hate

1.0
To feel a very strong dislike for someone or something
  • verb
  • /heɪt/
translation icon : odiar
  • You know I just hate to give this stuff away.
  • love and hate
  • hate people
  • come to hate

Because the Gap tribe said we hate this new logo.

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Examples

  • Oh my God, I hate it so much.

  • You, you, you hate this guy, you hate Trump, right?

  • I hate parties like this.

  • So I'll pick one person to hate at the gym.

  • My shoes quickly wore out, and I hated to spend money on new ones.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Next question then, why do you hate spaniels so much?

  • The people who hate Trump hate it because he's a human.

  • In the United States, to be patriotic, one must hate and fight the enemy.

    Academic text (1999)
  • I even caught myself hating her for making me hate myself so much.

    Academic text (1999)
  • I really hate when people interrupt me while I'm speaking.

Synonyms

to can't stand
vsto hate
516 3.2

Strongly dislike and be unable to bear something or someone

covers strong dislike but also includes hostility or unwillingness
to despise
vsto hate
192 4.9

To strongly dislike and have no respect for someone or something

expresses strong dislike more as hostility than contempt
to loathe
vsto hate
58 5.3

To dislike someone or something very strongly

is similar but can include hostile unwillingness without disgust
to detest
vsto hate
49 3.5

To feel a very strong dislike for someone or something

is similar but also highlights hostile unwillingness
to abhor
vsto hate
26 7.8

To hate something very much

is equally strong but focuses more on general dislike
to disfavor
vsto hate
  • US
1 5.7

To dislike and not support people or things

involves stronger personal aversion and emotional hostility
to abominate
vsto hate
  • Formal
1 9.4

To hate something very strongly

shares intensity but is used in broader everyday contexts
to mislike
vsto hate
9.5

To dislike someone or something

is stronger and often shows clear hostility or unwillingness
to disrelish
vsto hate
9.9

To feel dislike for something or make someone dislike it

refers to firm, immediate aversion and stronger emotional rejection

Antonyms

1.0

To feel strong affection and great pleasure for someone or something

1.0

To enjoy a person or thing

Compounds

hate speech
  • Offensive
41 5.1

Speech that attacks a group and encourages others to harm or treat them unfairly, like race, religion, gender

hate mail
  • Offensive
20 4.6

Mean or threatening messages sent to upset someone

How Strong

to loathe
58 5.3
to hate
1.0
dislike
  • Texting
49 1.0
to resent
248 4.1

Surface Forms

hate infinitive
hated past
hated past participle
hating present participle
hates third person singular

Etymology

The verb hate comes from the same old German root as the German verb hassen, which meant 'to feel hatred', so to hate someone is to dislike them very strongly.