Definition of HATE

hate

Meanings

Plural: hate, hated, hates

Noun

  • the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
  • An object of hatred.
  • Hatred.
  • Negative feedback, abusive behaviour.
  • Bigotry.

Verb

  • dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
    • "I hate Mexican food"
  • To dislike intensely or greatly.
  • To experience hatred.
  • Used in a phrasal verb: hate on.

Origin / 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, Danish had, Norwegian and Swedish hat.
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.

Synonyms

abhor, abominate, can't stand, can't stand the sight of, despise, detest, disrelish, execrate, hate, hatred, loathe, resent

Antonyms

love

Scrabble Score: 7

hate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
hate is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hate is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

hate is a valid Words With Friends word