hatred
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English hatrede, hatreden (“hatred”), from hate (“hate”) + -rede (“suffix denoting state or condition”), equivalent to hate + -red; compare sibred, Scots luferent. Related to Icelandic hatri (“hatred”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hatred (countable and uncountable, plural hatreds)
- Strong aversion; intense dislike.
- 1697, [William] Congreve, The Mourning Bride, a Tragedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, page 39:
- Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, / Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman ſcorn'd.
- 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 34:
- the very circumstance which renders it so innocent is what chiefly exposes it to the public hatred
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 8, in The China Governess[1]:
- It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.
- 2000, David Crystal, Language Death:
- Fears and hatreds pay no attention to facts.
Usage notes[edit]
The noun hatred is not used as a modifier in compound nouns; instead, its synonym hate is used, as, for example, in hate crime.
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Translations[edit]
strong aversion
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Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
hatred
- Alternative form of hatrede
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