love-hate

adjective

: feeling or showing a mixture of love and hate

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Spanish moss and crape myrtles seem to have a love-hate relationship. Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 May 2026 Still, people have a love-hate relationship with robots. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 June 2026 Calt had a love-hate relationship with decrepit blues genius Skip James and most likely himself. The Week Us, TheWeek, 4 May 2026 Dating app fatigue Younger generations have also had a love-hate relationship with dating apps during the past several years. Sydney Lake, Fortune, 30 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for love-hate

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“Love-hate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/love-hate. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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