hated
Variant of hate
hate (hāt)
transitive verb hated hat′ed, hating hat′·ing
- to have strong dislike or ill will for; loathe; despise
- to dislike or wish to avoid; shrink from to hate arguments
Etymology: ME hatien < OE hatian, akin to Ger hassen < IE base *ād-, bad temper > Gr kēdein, to trouble, kedos, grief, Welsh cas, hate
intransitive verb
noun
- a strong feeling of dislike or ill will; hatred
- a person or thing hated
hated
modif.
Object
- divorce: I hated the divorce and the last thing I wanted was for my children to grow up without me.
Dilexi iustitiam et odi iniquitatem, propterea morior in exilio. I have loved righteousness and hated iniquity, and therefore I die in exile.
Dante, who loved well because he hated, Hated wickedness that hinders loving.
I never hated a man enough to give him diamonds back.
I was never more hated than when Itried to be honest On the other hand,I've never been more loved and appreciated than when Itried to'justify'and affirm someone's mistaken beliefs; or when I've tried to give my friendstheincorrect, absurd answersthey wishedtohear.
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise; If you can dreamöand not make dreams your master; If you can thinköand not make thoughts your aim, If you can meet withTriumph and Disaster And treat those two imposters just the same.
Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
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