love-hate

adjective

: feeling or showing a mixture of love and hate

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Living beside the Fox River can be a love-hate relationship. Noel Brennan, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026 Despite its affinity with Chicago, the region has something of a love-hate relationship with its bigger neighbor. Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026 The show, debuting Thursday, follows the love-hate relationship between a legendary comedian (Jean Smart) and a talented writer played by Hannah Einbinder. ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026 But the team that so long has had a love-hate relationship with March (see Fairleigh Dickinson, circa 2023), might actually be doing the month right. Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 15 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for love-hate

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