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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HATE, v.t. [L. odi, for hodi.]
1. To dislike greatly; to have a great aversion to. It expresses less than abhor, detest, and abominate, unless pronounced with a peculiar emphasis.
How long will fools hate knowledge? Proverbs 1.
Blessed are ye when men shall hate you. Luke 6.
The Roman tyrant was contented to be hated, if he was but feared.
2. In Scripture, it signifies to love less.
If any man come to me, and hate not father and mother, etc. Luke 14.
He that spareth the rod, hateth his son. Proverbs 13.
HATE, n. Great dislike or aversion; hatred.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action [syn: hate, hatred] [ant: love] v
1: dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards; "I hate Mexican food"; "She detests politicians" [syn: hate, detest] [ant: love]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hete; akin to Old High German haz hate, Greek k?dos care Date: before 12th century 1. a. intense hostility and aversion usually deriving from fear, anger, or sense of injury b. extreme dislike or antipathy ; loathing <had a great hate of hard work> 2. an object of hatred <a generation whose finest hate had been big business — F. L. Paxson> II. verb (hated; hating) Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to feel extreme enmity toward <hates his country's enemies> 2. to have a strong aversion to ; find very distasteful <hated to have to meet strangers> <hate hypocrisy> intransitive verb to express or feel extreme enmity or active hostility • hater noun Synonyms: hate, detest, abhor, abominate, loathe mean to feel strong aversion or intense dislike for. hate implies an emotional aversion often coupled with enmity or malice <hated the enemy with a passion>. detest suggests violent antipathy <detests cowards>. abhor implies a deep often shuddering repugnance <a crime abhorred by all>. abominate suggests strong detestation and often moral condemnation <abominates all forms of violence>. loathe implies utter disgust and intolerance <loathed the mere sight of them>.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.tr. 1 dislike intensely; feel hatred towards. 2 colloq. a dislike. b (foll. by verbal noun or to + infin.) be reluctant (to do something) (I hate to disturb you). --n. 1 hatred. 2 colloq. a hated person or thing. Derivatives: hatable adj. (also hateable). hater n. Etymology: OE hatian f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hate Hate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hated; p. pr. & pr. & vb. n. Hating.] [OE. haten, hatien, AS. hatian; akin to OS. hatan, hat?n to be hostile to, D. haten to hate, OHG. hazz?n, hazz?n, G. hassen, Icel. & Sw. hata, Dan. hade, Goth. hatan, hatian. ???. Cf. Hate, n., Heinous.] 1. To have a great aversion to, with a strong desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; to dislike intensely; to detest; as, to hate one's enemies; to hate hypocrisy. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer. --1 John iii. 15. 2. To be very unwilling; followed by an infinitive, or a substantive clause with that; as, to hate to get into debt; to hate that anything should be wasted. I hate that he should linger here. --Tennyson. 3. (Script.) To love less, relatively. --Luke xiv. 26. Syn: To Hate, Abhor, Detest, Abominate, Loathe. Usage: Hate is the generic word, and implies that one is inflamed with extreme dislike. We abhor what is deeply repugnant to our sensibilities or feelings. We detest what contradicts so utterly our principles and moral sentiments that we feel bound to lift up our voice against it. What we abominate does equal violence to our moral and religious sentiments. What we loathe is offensive to our own nature, and excites unmingled disgust. Our Savior is said to have hated the deeds of the Nicolaitanes; his language shows that he loathed the lukewarmness of the Laodiceans; he detested the hypocrisy of the scribes and Pharisees; he abhorred the suggestions of the tempter in the wilderness.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hate Hate, n. [OE. hate, hete, AS. hete; akin to D. haat, G. hass, Icel. hatr, SW. hat, Dan. had, Goth. hatis. Cf. Hate, v.] Strong aversion coupled with desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; as exercised toward things, intense dislike; hatred; detestation; -- opposed to love. For in a wink the false love turns to hate. --Tennyson.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(hates, hating, hated) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you hate someone or something, you have an extremely strong feeling of dislike for them. Most people hate him, but they don't dare to say so, because he still rules the country... = detest, loathe ? love VERB: V n • Hate is also a noun. I was 17 and filled with a lot of hate... = hatred • hated He's probably the most hated man in this county. = detested ADJ: ADJ n 2. If you say that you hate something such as a particular activity, you mean that you find it very unpleasant. Ted hated parties, even gatherings of people he liked individually... He hates to be interrupted during training... He hated coming home to the empty house... I hate it when people accuse us of that... I would hate him to think I'm trying to trap him... She hates me having any fun and is quite jealous and spoiled. = dislike ? love, like VERB: no cont, V n, V to-inf, V -ing, V it wh, V n to-inf, V n -ing 3. You can use hate in expressions such as 'I hate to trouble you' or 'I hate to bother you' when you are apologizing to someone for interrupting them or asking them to do something. I hate to rush you but I have another appointment later on. VERB: no cont, V to-inf [politeness] 4. You can use hate in expressions such as 'I hate to say it' or 'I hate to tell you' when you want to express regret about what you are about to say, because you think it is unpleasant or should not be the case. I hate to admit it, but you were right. VERB: no cont, V to-inf [feelings] 5. to hate someone's guts: see gut 6. You can use hate in expressions such as 'I hate to see' or 'I hate to think' when you are emphasizing that you find a situation or an idea unpleasant. I just hate to see you doing this to yourself. VERB: no cont, V to-inf [emphasis] 7. You can use hate in expressions such as 'I'd hate to think' when you hope that something is not true or that something will not happen. I'd hate to think my job would not be secure if I left it temporarily. VERB: no cont, V to-inf

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Bear malice to, owe a grudge to, keep a grudge against, be hostile to, dislike intensely, bear deadly malice to. 2. Abhor, abominate, loathe, nauseate, shrink from, recoil from. See detest. II. n. Hatred, detestation, animosity, enmity, hostility, antipathy.

Moby Thesaurus

abhor, abhorrence, abhorrent, abominable, abominate, abomination, accursed, acrimonious, allergy, anathema, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, be all heart, be down on, be hostile to, bear a grudge, bear ill will, bear malice, belligerence, bete noire, bitchy, bitter, black, blasphemous, catty, clash, clashing, cold sweat, collision, conflict, contemn, contemptible, contention, creeping flesh, damnable, deprecate, despicable, despise, despiteful, despitefulness, detest, detestable, detestation, disapprove, disapprove of, disdain, disfavor, disgust, dislike, disrelish, distasteful, distressing, enmity, evil, execrable, execrate, execration, foul, friction, hateful, hatred, have deep feelings, hold in abomination, hold it against, horrid, horror, hostility, ill will, ill-natured, infamous, loathe, loathing, love, malevolence, malevolent, malice, malign, malignity, mean, mislike, mortal horror, nasty, nausea, not care for, obnoxious, odious, odium, opprobrious, owe a grudge, peeve, pet peeve, phobia, quarrelsomeness, rancor, repellent, reprehensible, repugnance, repulsion, repulsive, resent, resentful, resist, revulsion, scorn, scurvy, shrink from, shudder at, shuddering, spite, spiteful, spitefulness, trouble, unspeakable, utterly detest, vicious, vile