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hate

  • noun
  • hāt

An object of hatred.

Example

“One of my pet hates is traffic wardens.”

Other meanings

  1. Negative feedback, abusive behaviour.

Related words

  • antihate
  • apprecihate
  • behate
  • cyberhate
  • gay-hate
  • hatable
  • hateblog
  • Jew-hate
  • hate-boner
  • hate click
  • hatedom
  • hate sex

Word history

From Old English "hete".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “hate” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.