Antonyms for hate
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : heyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : heɪt |
Definition of hate
Origin :- Old English hatian "to hate," from Proto-Germanic *hatojanan (cf. Old Saxon haton, Old Norse hata, German hassen, Gothic hatan "to hate"), from PIE root *kad- "sorrow, hatred" (cf. Avestan sadra- "grief, sorrow, calamity," Greek kedos "care, trouble, sorrow," Welsh cas "pain, anger"). Related: Hated; hating. French haine (n.), hair (v.) are Germanic. Hate crime attested from 1988.
- noun extreme dislike
- verb dislike very strongly
- But no doubt the gang had thought caution to be the better part of hate.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- He would only go away as soon as he had had enough of it, and hate him all the same!
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- For the moment at least, the man is open to influences from another source than his hate.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- You are right; I do not feel the smallest inclination to hate him.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Folks say I'm prejudiced against em; but it isn't so—I hate 'em.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870 » by Various
- I am quick to love, and quick to hate and 'fore God I am loth to part.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- The eyes glowed with the fires of a man's heart in a spasm of hate.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- He looses his moral courage just as he comes to hate books and languages.
- Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
- His hate was forgotten now in an emotion still deeper, and he turned to Mary.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- It contrasts "foe and friend," just as the sonnet contrasts "love and hate."
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
Synonyms for hate
- abhor
- abhorrence
- abominate
- abomination
- allergic to
- anathema
- anathematize
- animosity
- animus
- antagonism
- antipathy
- aversion
- be disgusted with
- be hostile to
- be loath
- be reluctant
- be repelled by
- be sick of
- be sorry
- bear a grudge against
- bête noire
- black beast
- bother
- bugbear
- can't stand
- contemn
- curse
- deprecate
- deride
- despise
- detest
- detestation
- disapprove
- disdain
- disfavor
- disgust
- disparage
- down on
- enmity
- execrate
- execration
- feel malice to
- frost
- grievance
- gripe
- hatred
- have an aversion to
- have enough of
- have no use for
- horror
- hostility
- ill will
- irritant
- loathe
- loathing
- look down on
- malevolence
- malignity
- mislike
- nasty look
- nauseate
- no love lost
- not care for
- nuisance
- object to
- objection
- odium
- pain
- rancor
- rankling
- recoil from
- repugnance
- repulsion
- resentment
- revenge
- revulsion
- scorn
- shudder at
- shun
- spit upon
- spite
- spurn
- trouble
- venom
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