hated
adjectiveverbcommon in dialogue
- //ˈheɪtɪd//
Disliked; odious; reviled.
adjective
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Disliked; odious; reviled.
bitterly hated
much-hated
universally hated
Etymology
From Middle English hated, from Old English hatod, ġehatod (“hated”, past participle), from Proto-Germanic *hatadaz (“hated”), equivalent to hate + -ed. Cognate with Saterland Frisian haated, hoated (“hated”), Dutch gehaat (“hated”), German Low German haat (“hated”), German gehasst (“hated”), Swedish hatad (“hated”), Icelandic hataður (“hated”).
verb
- 1
Also a form of hatesimple past and past participle of hate
Forms
- comparative
- more hated
- superlative
- most hated