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| hate [ hayt ] |
verb (past and past participle hat·ed, present participle hat·ing, 3rd person present singular hates) |
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1. transitive verb dislike somebody or something intensely: to dislike somebody or something intensely, often in a way that evokes feelings of anger, hostility, or animosity
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2. transitive and intransitive verb have strong distaste for something: to have strong distaste or aversion for something, somebody, or something that has to be done
  I hate this show; it's so boring.
I hate to say it, but I know we're going to lose.
Some people seem to have been born to hate.
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noun (plural hates) |
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1. feeling of intense hostility: a feeling of intense hostility toward somebody or something
You could see the hate in his eyes.
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2. something hated: something that is hated
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| [ Old English hete (noun), hatian (verb) < Indo-European] |
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| hate·a·ble adjective |
| hat·ed adjective |
| hat·er noun |
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