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hate

Pronunciation: /heɪt/

The English word “hate” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An object of hatred.
  2. Hatred.
  3. Negative feedback, abusive behaviour.
  4. Bigotry.

verb

  1. To dislike intensely or greatly.
  2. To experience a feeling of hatred.
  3. Used in a phrasal verb: hate on.

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,…

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