- to dislike (something) intensely; detest
- (intransitive) to be unwilling (to be or do something)
- intense dislike
- informal a person or thing that is hated (esp in the phrase pet hate)
- (modifier) expressing or arousing feelings of hatred: hate mail
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
hate /heɪt/USA pronunciation
v., hat•ed, hat•ing, n.
v.
n.
hat•er, n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026v.
- to dislike intensely;
detest:[~ + object]They hate violence. - to be unwilling;
dislike: [~ + to + verb][not: be + ~-ing]I hate to say I told you so.[~ + verb-ing]I hate getting up so early.
n.
- intense dislike;
extreme hostility:[uncountable]enemies who are full of hate. - the object of extreme dislike or hostility:[countable]Murder and violence were his greatest hates.
hat•er, n. [countable]
hate
(hāt),USA pronunciation v., hat•ed, hat•ing, n.
v.t.
v.i.
n.
hat′er, n.
v.t.
- to dislike intensely or passionately;
feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward;
detest:to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry. - to be unwilling;
dislike:I hate to do it.
v.i.
- to feel intense dislike, or extreme aversion or hostility.
n.
- intense dislike;
extreme aversion or hostility. - the object of extreme aversion or hostility.
- bef. 900; Middle English hat(i)en, Old English hatian (verb, verbal); cognate with Dutch haten, Old Norse hata, Gothic hatan, German hassen
- 1. loathe, execrate; despise. Hate, abhor, detest, abominate imply feeling intense dislike or aversion toward something. Hate, the simple and general word, suggests passionate dislike and a feeling of enmity:to hate autocracy.Abhor expresses a deep-rooted horror and a sense of repugnance or complete rejection:to abhor cruelty; Nature abhors a vacuum.Detest implies intense, even vehement, dislike and antipathy, besides a sense of disdain:to detest a combination of ignorance and arrogance.Abominate expresses a strong feeling of disgust and repulsion toward something thought of as unworthy, unlucky, or the like:to abominate treachery.
- 1. love.
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hate /heɪt/ vb
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'hate' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
alternate
- Cohen
- foe
- haste
- hate crime
- hateful
- hate speech
- heinous
- odium
- passion
- personally
- see
- Stygian
- Styx
- Toc H
- abhor
- abominate
- anticathexis
- dagger
- detest
- elemental
- emotion
- fiend
- froth
- hateable
- hate mail
- hatemonger
- hate sheet
- hatred
- inexpiable
- kenbei
- loathe
- love
- malice
- miso
- Three Fires
- venom
- self-hate
