hate

See also hâte, and hâté

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /heɪt/

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• Rhymes: -eɪt

Etymology 1

From Middle English haten, from Old English hatian (“to hate, treat as an enemy”), from Proto-Germanic *hatōną (“to hate”), from Proto-Germanic *hataz (“hatred, hate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱād- (“strong emotion”). Cognate with Dutch haten, German hassen, Swedish hata, French haïr (a Germanic borrowing).

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To dislike intensely or greatly.

   I hate men who take advantage of women.

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

   Don't be hating my weave, girl, y'all bitches just jealous!

Synonyms

abhor despise

detest loathe

• See also Wikisaurus:hate

Antonyms

• love

Translations

to hate

• Albanian: urrej (sq)
• Arabic: كره (ar) (káraha)

  Egyptian Arabic: يكره (yekrah) m

• Armenian: ատել (hy) (atel) 
• Aromanian: urãscu (rup)
• Azeri: nifrət etmək (az)
• 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)

• 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)
• Friulian: odeâ
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: hassen (de)
• Greek: μισώ (el) (misó) , απεχθάνομαι (el) (apekhthánomai) 
• Hindi: घृणा करना (hi) (ghŕṇā karnā)
• Hungarian: gyűlöl (hu)
• 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, kirau), いやである (ja) (iya dearu), (adjective) 大嫌い (ja) (daikirai)
• Jèrriais: dêtester
• Kazakh: жек көру (kk) (jek köru) 
• Korean: 싫어하다 (ko) (sireo-hada), 미워하다 (ko) (miwo-hada)

• Latgalian: neist
• Latin: ōdī (la) (defective), odiō (la)
• Latvian: ienīst (lv), neciest (lv)
• Lithuanian: nekęsti (lt) pl
• Low German: haten (nds)
• Luxembourgish: haassen (lb)
• Maori: mauāhara (mi)
• Norwegian: hate (no)
• Occitan: asirar (oc), aissosar (oc)
• Old Norse: hata
• Persian: نفرت داشتن (fa) (nefrat dâshtan), بیزار بودن (fa) (bizâr boodan)
• Pitjantjatjara: kuraringanyi
• Polish: nienawidzić (pl)
• Portuguese: odiar (pt)
• Quechua: chiqnikuy (qu)
• Romanian: urî (ro)
• Romansch: odiar (rm), detestar (rm), hassiar (rm), spretschar (rm)
• Russian: ненавидеть (ru) (nenavídet’) 
• Sardinian: odiai (sc), tirriai (oc)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мрзети (sh)

  Roman: mrzeti (sh)

• Slovak: nenávidieť (sk)
• Slovene: sovražiti (sl)
• Spanish: odiar (es)
• Sumerian: 𒄾𒈪𒉭 (ḪUL.IGI)
• Swahili: kuchukia (sw)
• Swedish: hata (sv)
• Telugu: ఏవగించుకొను (te) (EvagiMcukonu), అసహ్యించుకొను (te) (asahyiMcukonu)
• Turkish: nefret etmek (tr)
• Urdu: گھرنا کرنا (ur) (ghŕṇā karnā)
• Welsh: casáu (cy)
• Yiddish: פֿײַנט האָבן (yi) (faynt hobm)

Etymology 2

From Old English hete, from Proto-Germanic *hataz. Cognate with West Frisian haat, Dutch haat, German Hass, Swedish hat.

Noun

hate (countable and uncountable; 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.

3. (Internet, colloquial) Negative feedback, abusive behaviour.

   There was a lot of hate in the comments on my vlog about Justin Beiber from his fans.

Translations

hatred — see hatred

Related terms

• hate crime
• hater
• hatred

Anagrams

• eath, haet, heat, HEAT, heta, Thea

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Cia-Cia

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.

Alternative forms

• 하떼

Noun

hate (Hangul spelling 하떼)

1. (anatomy) liver (organ of the body)

References

• Van den Berg, Rene (1991). "Preliminary Notes on the Cia-Cia Language," in Excursies in Celebes, pp. 305-324.

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Dutch

Verb

hate

1. singular present subjunctive of haten

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Japanese

Romanization

hate

1. See はて