hatred

English

Etymology

From Middle English haterede, hatrede (“hatred”), from hate (“hate”) + -rede (“suffix denoting state or condition”), equivalent to hate +‎ -red; compare sibred, Scots luferent. Related to Icelandic hatri (“hatred”).

Pronunciation

(MLE) IPA^(key): /hetɹɪd/
IPA^(key): /ˈheɪtɹɪd/
Audio (General American): (file)
Rhymes: -eɪtɹɪd

Noun

hatred (countable and uncountable, plural hatreds)

Strong aversion; intense dislike.
Synonyms: hate, antipathy, hostility

Antonyms: love, amity
- 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: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
  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

The noun hatred is not used as a modifier in compound nouns; instead, its synonym hate is used, as, for example, in hate crime.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

strong aversion

Abkhaz: агәаӷ (agʷağ)
Afrikaans: haat (af)
Albanian: urrejtje (sq) f, zët (sq)
Arabic: بُغْض m (buḡḍ), كَرَاهِيَة f (karāhiya), كُرْه (kurh), بَغْضَاء f (baḡḍāʔ)
Egyptian Arabic: كره m (kurh), كراهية f (karāheya), بغض m (buḡḍ)

Moroccan Arabic: كره m (krəh)
Aragonese: odio m, quimera m
Armenian: ատելություն (hy) (atelutʻyun)
Aromanian: urã f
Assamese: ঘিণ (ghin), আখেজ (akhez)
Asturian: odiu m
Azerbaijani: nifrət
Basque: herra, gorroto
Belarusian: няна́вісць f (njanáviscʹ)
Bengali: নফরৎ (bn) (nôfrôt), আখেজ (bn) (akhez), ঘেন্না (bn) (ghenna), ঘিন (bn) (ghin), ঘৃণা (bn) (ghrina)
Breton: kas (br) m, kasoni (br) f
Bulgarian: омра́за (bg) f (omráza), нена́вист (bg) f (nenávist)
Burmese: ပဋိဃာတ် (my) (pa.ti.ghat)
Catalan: odi (ca) m
Cherokee: ᎠᏓᎾᏆᏘᏍᏗ (adanaquatisdi)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 恨 (zh) (hèn), 仇恨 (zh) (chóuhèn), 憎惡 / 憎恶 (zh) (zēngwù), 憎恨 (zh) (zēnghèn), 怨恨 (zh) (yuànhèn), 厭惡 / 厌恶 (zh) (yànwù)
Czech: nenávist (cs) f, zášť (cs) f
Danish: had (da)
Dutch: haat (nl) m
Elfdalian: at n
Esperanto: malamo
Estonian: viha (et)
Faroese: hatur n
Fijian: veicati
Finnish: viha (fi)
French: haine (fr) f
Galician: odio (gl) m, xenreira (gl) f
Georgian: სიძულვილი (siʒulvili), მძულვარება (mʒulvareba), ზიზღი (zizɣi)
German: Hass (de) m
Gothic: 𐍆𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌸𐍅𐌰 f (fijaþwa), 𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌸 n (neiþ)
Greek: μίσος (el) n (mísos), έχθρα (el) f (échthra), απέχθεια (el) f (apéchtheia)
Ancient: μῖσος n (mîsos)
Greenlandic: uumissuineq, qinngarsuineq
Hawaiian: inaina
Hebrew: שנאה (he) f (siná)
Hiligaynon: kadúmut
Hindi: घृणा (hi) f (ghŕṇā), घिन (hi) f (ghin), दुश्मनी (hi) f (duśmanī), नफ़रत f (nafrat)
Hungarian: gyűlölet (hu)
Icelandic: hatur (is) n
Indonesian: kebencian (id)
Interlingua: odio
Irish: fuath m, gráin f
Italian: odio (it) m, risentimento (it) m
Japanese: 憎しみ (ja) (nikushimi), 憎悪 (ja) (zōo), 嫌悪 (ja) (ken'o), 厭悪 (ja) (en'o), 嫌厭 (ja) (ken'en)
Kazakh: ғадауат (ğadauat), жек көрушілік (jek köruşılık)
Khmer: ស្អប់ខ្ពើម (s’ap kpəəm), សេចក្ដីស្អប់ (səckdəy s’ɑp)
Korean: 증오심 (ko) (jeung'osim)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: قین (qîn)
Kyrgyz: жек көрүүчүлүк (jek körüücülük), жаман көрүүчүлүк (jaman körüücülük)
Lao: ເວນ (wēn)
Latin: odium n, invidia f
Latvian: naids (lv) m, ienaids (lv) m
Lithuanian: neapykanta (lt) f
Lombard: odi (lmo)
Low German: Hat m
Macedonian: омраза f (omraza)
Malay: benci (ms), kebencian (ms)
Malayalam: വെറുപ്പ് (ml) (veṟuppŭ), വിദ്വേഷം (ml) (vidvēṣaṁ)
Maori: mauāhara, ahikauri
Marathi: द्वेष (dveṣ)
Middle English: hate, haterede, hete
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хорсол (mn) (xorsol), занал (mn) (zanal), үзэн ядалт (üzen jadalt)

Mongolian: ᠬᠣᠷᠤᠰᠤᠯ (qorusul), ᠵᠠᠨᠤᠯ (ǰanul), ᠦᠵᠡᠨ
ᠶᠠᠳᠠᠯᠲᠠ (üǰen yadalta)
Northern Sami: vašši
Norwegian: hat (no) n
Occitan: òdi (oc) m
Old English: hete m
Old Norse: hatr
Oromo: jibba
Persian: نفرت (fa) (nefrat), زیغ (fa) (ziġ)
Plautdietsch: Hot m
Polish: nienawiść (pl) f
Portuguese: ódio (pt) m
Quechua: chiqniy
Romanian: ură (ro) f
Romansch: odi m
Russian: не́нависть (ru) f (nénavistʹ)
Sanskrit: द्वेष (sa) (dveṣa), घृणा (sa) (ghṛṇā)
Scottish Gaelic: gràin f, fuath m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мржња f

Roman: mržnja (sh) f
Slovak: nenávisť (sk) f, zášť f
Slovene: sovraštvo (sl) n
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: hida f
Spanish: odio (es) m
Swahili: chuki (sw)
Swedish: hat (sv) n
Tagalog: poot (tl), muhi
Tajik: душманӣ (tg) (dušmani), нафрат (tg) (nafrat)
Thai: ความเกลียด (th) (kwaam glìat), ความชัง (th) (kwaam chang)
Tibetan: སྡང་འཛིན (sdang 'dzin), སྡང་ཁྲོ (sdang khro), ཞེ་ལོག (zhe log), ཞེ་འཁོན་པ (zhe 'khon pa)
Tocharian B: rser, wer
Tok Pisin: pasin birua
Turkish: nefret (tr), iğrenti (tr), tiksinti (tr)
Turkmen: ýigrenç
Ukrainian: нена́висть f (nenávystʹ)
Urdu: گھرنا f (ghŕṇā), گھن f (ghin), دشمنی f (duśmanī), نفرت f (nafrat)
Uyghur: نەپرەت (nepret)
Uzbek: nafratlanish
Vietnamese: sự ghét (vi), sự căm thù (vi)
Walloon: haeyeme (wa) f, hinne (wa) f
Welsh: casineb (cy) m
Yiddish: האַס f (has), שׂינאה f (sine), בייזוויליקײַט f (beyzvilikayt), פֿאַראַכטונג f (farakhtung), פֿײַנטשאַפֿט f (fayntshaft)
Zazaki: zeri mendış, nefret

Anagrams

dearth, Theard, /thread, thread, dareth, red hat, hetdar, Dehart

Middle English

Noun

hatred

Alternative form of haterede