hate
English
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 hete, from Proto-Germanic *hataz (“hatred, hate”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂d- (“strong emotion”). Cognate with West Frisian haat, Dutch haat, German Hass, Norwegian and 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, from the same root as above. Cognate with Dutch haten, German hassen, Swedish hata, French haïr (a Germanic borrowing).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /heɪt/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪt
Noun
hate (countable and uncountable, plural hates)
- An object of hatred.
- One of my pet hates is traffic wardens.
- Hatred.
- He gave me a look filled with pure hate.
- (Internet slang) Negative feedback, abusive behaviour.
- There was a lot of hate in the comments on my vlog about Justin Bieber from his fans.
Related terms
Translations
Verb
hate (third-person singular simple present hates, present participle hating, simple past and past participle hated)
- (transitive) To dislike intensely or greatly.
- 1997, Popular Science (volume 251, number 4, page 34)
- People who hate broccoli may have super-sensitive taste buds.
- 1997, Popular Science (volume 251, number 4, page 34)
- (intransitive) To experience hatred.
- Do not fear; he who fears hates; he who hates kills. — attributed to Gandhi
- (informal, originally African American Vernacular) Only used in hate on
- (nonstandard, Southern US) third-person singular of hate
Conjugation
| infinitive | (to) hate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | hate | hated | ||
| 2nd person singular | hate, hatest* | |||
| 3rd person singular | hates, hateth* | |||
| plural | hate | |||
| subjunctive | hate | |||
| imperative | hate | — | ||
| participles | hating | hated | ||
| * Archaic or obsolete. | ||||
Synonyms
- (to dislike intensely): For semantic relationships of this sense, see hate in the Thesaurus.
Antonyms
- (to dislike intensely): For semantic relationships of this sense, see love in the Thesaurus.
Derived terms
- forehate
Translations
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Anagrams
Cia-Cia
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.
Noun
hate (Hangul spelling 하떼)
References
- Van den Berg, Rene (1991). "Preliminary Notes on the Cia-Cia Language," in Excursies in Celebes, pp. 305-324.
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Audio (file)
Verb
hate
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of haten
Japanese
Romanization
hate
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Verb
hate (imperative hat, present tense hater, passive hates, simple past and past participle hata or hatet, present participle hatende)
- to hate (somebody / something)
Related terms
- hat (noun)
References
- “hate” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²hɑːtə/
Verb
hate (present tense hatar, past tense hata, past participle hata, passive infinitive hatast, present participle hatande, imperative hat/hate)
- to hate (someone, something)
Related terms
- hat (noun)
References
- “hate” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Unami
Verb
hate
- there is, there exists