hate

See also hâte, and hâté

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /heɪt/

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• Rhymes: -eɪt

Etymology 1

Old English hatian. Cognate with Dutch haten, German hassen, Swedish hata.

Verb

hate (third-person singular simple present hates, present participle hating, simple past and past participle hated)

1. (transitive) To dislike intensely; to feel strong hostility towards.

   I hate men who take advantage of women.

2. (transitive, slang) To dislike intensely due to envy.

   Don't be hating my wig, girl, you're just jealous!

Synonyms

abhor despise

detest loathe

• See also Wikisaurus:hate

Antonyms

• love

Translations

to hate

Albanian: urrej (sq) Arabic: كره (ar) (káraha) Armenian: ատել (hy) (atel) Azeri: nifrət etmək (az) Bosnian: mrziti (bs) Catalan: odiar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 恨 (cmn) (hèn), 讨厌 (cmn) (tǎoyàn), 仇恨 (cmn) (chóuhèn), 憎 (cmn) (zēng), 憎恨 (cmn) (zēnghèn), 嫌 (cmn) (xián), 恨惡 (cmn), 恨恶 (cmn) (hènwù) Croatian: mrziti (hr) Czech: nenávidět (cs) Danish: hade (da) Dutch: haten (nl) Esperanto: malami (eo) Estonian: vihkama (et) Faroese: hata (fo) Finnish: vihata (fi) French: haïr (fr), détester (fr) German: hassen (de) Greek: μισώ (missò), απεχθάνομαι (apekhthànomai) Hindi: घृणा करना (hi) (ghŕṇā karnā) Icelandic: hata (is) Irish: is fuath le (ga) Italian: odiare (it) Japanese: 憎む (ja) (にくむ, nikumu), 嫌う (ja) (きらう (ja), kirau), いやである (ja) (iya dearu), (adjective) 大嫌い (ja) (daikirai) Kazakh: жек көру (kk) (jek köru)

Korean: 싫어하다 (ko) (sireo-hada), 미워하다 (ko) (miwo-hada) Latin: ōdī defective, odio (la) Latvian: ienīst Lithuanian: nekęsti (lt) pl. Low German: haten (nds) Luxembourgish: haassen (lb) Norwegian: hate (no) Old Norse: hata Persian: نفرت داشتن (nefrat dâshtan), بیزار بودن (bizâr boodan) Pitjantjatjara: kuraringanyi Polish: nienawidzić (pl) Portuguese: odiar (pt) Romanian: urî (ro) Russian: ненавидеть (ru) (nenavídet') Serbian: Cyrillic: мрзети Roman: mrzeti Slovak: nenávidieť (sk) Slovene: sovražiti (sl) Spanish: odiar (es) Sumerian: 𒄾𒈪𒉭 (ḪUL.IGI) Swahili: kuchukia (sw) Swedish: hata (sv) Telugu: ఏవగించుకొను, అసహ్యించుకొను (EvagiMcukonu, asahyiMcukonu) Turkish: nefret etmek (tr) Urdu: گھرنا کرنا (ur) (ghŕṇā karnā) Welsh: casáu

Etymology 2

Old English hete, from Germanic *xatis- or *khatis-. Cognate with German Haß, Swedish hat.

Noun

hate (plural hates)

1. An object of hatred.

   One of my pet hates is traffic wardens.

2. Hatred.

   He gave me a look filled with pure hate.

Translations

hatred — see hatred

Related terms

• hate crime
• hater
• hatred

Anagrams

• eath, haet, heat, HEAT, heta, Thea

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Dutch

Verb

hate

1. singular present subjunctive of haten.

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Japanese

Alternative forms

• はてな (hatena)

Noun

hate (hiragana はて)

1. 果て: the end, result
2. 涯: horizon

Interjection

hate (hiragana はて)

1. dear me, wait a minute, well (at the start of a sentence)

Usage notes

The interjection indicates surprise at something strange, and that the speaker is taking a moment to think about it.