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Webster 1913 Edition

Hate

Hate

(hāt)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hating
.]
[OE.
haten
,
hatien
, AS.
hatian
; akin to OS.
hatan
,
hatōn
to be hostile to, D.
haten
to hate, OHG.
hazzēn
,
hazzōn
, G.
hassen
, Icel. & Sw.
hata
, Dan.
hade
, Goth.
hatan
,
hatjan
. √36. Cf.
Hate
,
Noun.
,
Heinous
.]
1.
To have a great aversion to, with a strong desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; to dislike intensely; to detest;
as, to
hate
one’s enemies; to
hate
hypocrisy.
Whosoever
hateth
his brother is a murderer.
1 John iii. 15.
2.
To be very unwilling; followed by an infinitive, or a substantive clause with that;
as, to
hate
to get into debt; to
hate
that anything should be wasted.
I
hate
that he should linger here.
Tennyson.
Syn. – To
Hate
,
Abhor
,
Detest
,
Abominate
,
Loathe
.
Hate is the generic word, and implies that one is inflamed with extreme dislike. We abhor what is deeply repugnant to our sensibilities or feelings. We detest what contradicts so utterly our principles and moral sentiments that we feel bound to lift up our voice against it. What we abominate does equal violence to our moral and religious sentiments. What we loathe is offensive to our own nature, and excites unmingled disgust. Our Savior is said to have hated the deeds of the Nicolaitanes; his language shows that he loathed the lukewarmness of the Laodiceans; he detested the hypocrisy of the scribes and Pharisees; he abhorred the suggestions of the tempter in the wilderness.

Hate

,
Noun.
[OE.
hate
,
hete
, AS.
hete
; akin to D.
haat
, G.
hass
, Icel.
hatr
, SW.
hat
, Dan.
had
, Goth.
hatis
. Cf.
Hate
,
Verb.
]
Strong aversion coupled with desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; as exercised toward things, intense dislike; hatred; detestation; – opposed to love.
For in a wink the false love turns to
hate
.
Tennyson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hate

HATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. odi, for hodi.]
1.
To dislike greatly; to have a great aversion to. It expresses less than abhor, detest, and abominate, unless pronounced with a peculiar emphasis.
How long will fools hate knowledge? Prov.1.
Blessed are ye when men shall hate you. Luke 6.
The Roman tyrant was contented to be hated, if he was but feared.
2.
In Scripture, it signifies to love less.
If any man come to me, and hate not father and mother, &c. Luke 14.
He that spareth the rod, hateth his son. Prov. 13.

HATE

,
Noun.
Great dislike or aversion; hatred.

Definition 2024

hate

hate

See also: hâte and hâté

English

Noun

hate ‎(countable and uncountable, plural hates)

  1. An object of hatred.
    One of my pet hates is traffic wardens.
  2. Hatred.
    He gave me a look filled with pure hate.
  3. (Internet, colloquial) Negative feedback, abusive behaviour.
    There was a lot of hate in the comments on my vlog about Justin Bieber from his fans.

Translations

Related terms

Verb

hate ‎(third-person singular simple present hates, present participle hating, simple past and past participle hated)

  1. (transitive) To dislike intensely or greatly.
    I hate men who take advantage of women.
  2. (transitive, slang) To dislike intensely due to envy.
    Don't be hating my weave, girl, you're just jealous!
  3. (intransitive) To experience hatred.
    Do not fear, he who fears hates; he who hates kills. — attributed to Gandhi
  4. (informal, originally African American Vernacular) Only used in hate on

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:hate

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • forehate

Translations

Anagrams

Cia-Cia

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.

Alternative forms

Noun

hate ‎(Hangul spelling 하떼)

  1. (anatomy) liver (organ of the body)

References

  • Van den Berg, Rene (1991). "Preliminary Notes on the Cia-Cia Language," in Excursies in Celebes, pp. 305-324.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

hate

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of haten

Japanese

Romanization

hate

  1. rōmaji reading of はて

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hata

Verb

hate ‎(imperative hat, present tense hater, passive hates, simple past and past participle hata or hatet, present participle hatende)

  1. to hate (somebody / something)

Related terms

References

Unami

Verb

hate

  1. there is, there exists

Etymology

From Old English hete, from Proto-Germanic *hataz ‎(“hatred, hate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱād- ‎(“strong emotion”). Cognate with West Frisian haat, Dutch haat, German Hass, Swedish hat.

The verb is from Middle English haten, from Old English hatian ‎(“to hate, treat as an enemy”), from Proto-Germanic *hatōną ‎(“to hate”), from Proto-Germanic *hataz. Cognate with Dutch haten, German hassen, Swedish hata, French haïr (a Germanic borrowing).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /heɪt/
  • Rhymes: -eɪt

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