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hate

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Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
6
Letters
4
Pronunciation
[heʔ]
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[heʔ] · /heɪt/ · [hɛɪ̯(ʔ)t̚] · [he̞ɪ̯(ʔ)t̚] · [heː(ʔ)t̚] · [heːt] · /hæɪ̯t/ · [hɛjt]

Definition of hate

7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)An object of hatred.
    “One of my pet hates is traffic wardens.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)An object of hatred.
    “One of my pet hates is traffic wardens.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)Hatred.
    “He gave me a look filled with pure hate.”
  3. (Internet, countable, metonymically, uncountable)Negative feedback, abusive behaviour.
    “There was a lot of hate in the comments on my vlog about Lady Gaga from her fans.”
  4. (countable, metonymically, uncountable)Bigotry.
    “The corporation said it would not tolerate hate.”

verb

  1. (transitive)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. (intransitive)To experience a feeling of hatred.
  3. (informal, slang)Used in a phrasal verb: hate on.
    “I put ranch dressing on pizza. Please don't hate on me.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English hate (noun), probably from Old English hatian (“to hate”, verb) and/or Old Norse hatr (“hate”, noun). Merged with Middle English hete, hæte, heate (“hate”), from Old English…

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From Middle English hate (noun), probably from Old English hatian (“to hate”, verb) and/or Old Norse hatr (“hate”, noun). Merged with Middle English hete, hæte, heate (“hate”), from Old English hete, from Proto-Germanic *hataz (“hatred, hate”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂d- (“strong emotion”). 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”). The verb is from Middle English haten, 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.

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