HATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does hate mean?
• HATE (noun)
The noun HATE has 1 sense:
1. the emotion of hate; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
Familiarity information: HATE used as a noun is very rare.
• HATE (verb)
The verb HATE has 1 sense:
1. dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
Familiarity information: HATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HATE (noun)
Meaning:
The emotion of hate; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
hate; hatred
Hypernyms ("hate" is a kind of...):
emotion (any strong feeling)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hate"):
abhorrence; abomination; detestation; execration; loathing; odium (hate coupled with disgust)
malevolence; malignity (wishing evil to others)
enmity; hostility; ill will (the feeling of a hostile person)
despisal; despising (a feeling of scornful hatred)
murderousness (a bloodthirsty hatred arousing murderous impulses)
misopedia (hatred of children)
misoneism (hatred of change or innovation)
misology (hatred of reasoning)
misogynism; misogyny (hatred of women)
misogamy (hatred of marriage)
misanthropy (hatred of mankind)
Antonym:
love (a strong positive emotion of regard and affection)
• HATE (verb)
Meaning:
Dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
detest; hate
Context examples:
I hate Mexican food / She detests politicians
Hypernyms (to "hate" is one way to...):
dislike (have or feel a dislike or distaste for)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hate"):
abhor; abominate; execrate; loathe (find repugnant)
contemn; despise; disdain; scorn (look down on with disdain)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
Sam cannot hate Sue
Sam and Sue hate the movie
Antonym:
love (have a great affection or liking for)
