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nounverbtop 1 000 in film dialogue

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  • United States/[hɛɪ̯(ʔ)t̚]/
  • United States/[he̞ɪ̯(ʔ)t̚]/

An object of hatred.

noun

  1. 1

    An object of hatred.

    One of my pet hates is traffic wardens.

  2. 2

    Hatred.

    He gave me a look filled with pure hate.

  3. 3

    Negative feedback, abusive behaviour.

    There was a lot of hate in the comments on my vlog about Lady Gaga from her fans.

  4. 4

    Bigotry.

    The corporation said it would not tolerate hate.

Etymology

From Middle English haate, hat, hate (noun), probably from Old English hatian (“to hate”, verb) and/or Old Norse hatr (“hate”, noun). Merged with Middle English het, hete (“hate”), from Old English hete, from Proto-West Germanic *hati, from Proto-Germanic *hataz (“hate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂d- (“angriness, hatred”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch haat (“hatred”), German Hass, Haß (“hate, hatred”), Luxembourgish Haass (“hate, hatred”), Vilamovian hās (“hate, hatred”), Yiddish האַס (has, “hatred”), Danish had (“hate, hatred”), Faroese and Icelandic hatur (“hatred, spite, aversion”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish hat (“hate, hatred”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃 (hatis, “hate, wrath”); also Breton and Cornish kas (“hatred”), Old Irish miscuis (“hatred”), Welsh cas (“hatred”), Oscan 𐌊𐌀𐌃𐌄𐌝𐌔 (kadeís, “enmity”), Ancient Greek κῆδος (kêdos, “care for others; troubles; mourning”), Sanskrit रि॒शाद॑स् (riśā́das, “benign or devouring or destroying enemies”). The verb is from Middle English haate, hate, haten, hatenn, hatien, hatiȝen, hatye, hatyn, heatien, from Old English hatian (“to hate, treat as an enemy”), from Proto-West Germanic *hatēn, from Proto-Germanic *hatāną (“to hate”), from Proto-Germanic *hataz, from the same root as above. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian hoatje (“to hate”), West Frisian haatsje (“to hate”), Cimbrian haazan (“to hate”), Dutch haten (“to hate”), German hassen (“to hate”), Luxembourgish haassen (“to hate”), Yiddish האַסן (hasn, “to hate”), Danish hade (“to hate”), Icelandic, Faroese, and Swedish hata (“to hate”), Norwegian Bokmål hate (“to hate”), Norwegian Nynorsk hata, hate (“to hate”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌽 (hatan, “to hate”).

verb

  1. 1

    To dislike intensely or greatly.

    As a kid, I used to hate to cycle to school every morning.

    I hate to say it, but I know we're going to lose.

    People who hate broccoli may have super-sensitive taste buds.

  2. 2

    To experience a feeling of hatred.

  3. 3

    informalUsed in a phrasal verb: hate on.

    I put ranch dressing on pizza. Please don't hate on me.

Forms

plural
hates
past tense
hated
past participle
hated
present participle
hating
third person singular
hates
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