hate

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An object of hatred.

   One of my pet hates is traffic wardens.

2. 2
   noun

   Hatred.

   He gave me a look filled with pure hate.

3. 3
   noun

   Negative feedback, abusive behaviour.

   There was a lot of hate in the comments on my vlog about Lady Gaga from her fans.

4. 4
   noun

   Bigotry.

   The corporation said it would not tolerate hate.

5. 5
   verb

   To dislike intensely or greatly.

   People who hate broccoli may have super-sensitive taste buds.

6. 6
   verb

   Used in a phrasal verb: hate on.

   I put ranch dressing on pizza. Please don't hate on me.

7. 7
   noun

   the emotion of intense dislike

8. 8
   verb

   dislike intensely

Etymology

From Middle English hate (noun), probably from Old English hatian (“to hate”, verb) and/or Old Norse hatr (“hate”, noun). Merged with Middle English hete, hæte, heate (“hate”), from Old English hete, from Proto-Germanic *hataz (“hatred, hate”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂d- (“strong emotion”). Cognate with Dutch haat (“hatred”), German Hass, Haß (“hate, hatred”), Luxembourgish Haass (“hate, hatred”), Vilamovian hās (“hate, hatred”), Yiddish האַס (has, “hatred”), Danish had (“hate, hatred”), Faroese, Icelandic hatur (“hatred, spite, aversion”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish…