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The definition of hate is a feeling of intense dislike or aversion.

(noun)

An example of hate is what you feel towards someone who has just robbed you and destroyed your house.

To hate is defined as to feel strong and intense aversion or dislike.

(verb)

An example of hate is the feeling you experience towards someone who has done something horribly unkind to you.

See hate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb hated, hating

to have strong dislike or ill will for; loathe; despise
to dislike or wish to avoid; shrink from: to hate arguments

Origin: ME hatien < OE hatian, akin to Ger hassen < IE base *ād-, bad temper > Gr kēdein, to trouble, kedos, grief, Welsh cas, hate

intransitive verb

to feel hatred

noun

a strong feeling of dislike or ill will; hatred
a person or thing hated

Related Forms:

hater noun

See hate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb hat·ed, hat·ing, hates

verb, transitive

a. To feel hostility or animosity toward.
b. To detest.
To feel dislike or distaste for: hates washing dishes.

verb, intransitive

To feel hatred.

noun

Intense animosity or dislike; hatred.
An object of detestation or hatred: My pet hate is tardiness.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English haten

Origin: , from Old English hatian

Origin: . N., Middle English

Origin: , from Old English hete

Related Forms:

hatˈer noun

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