as in to despise
to dislike strongly
she hates her job, she hates her friends, and she hates her life!
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as in hatred
a very strong dislike
hate can sometimes be replaced with tolerance when people meet face to face
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as in enemy
something or someone that is hated
the Alaska pipeline is a pet hate of environmentalists
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Recent Examples of hate
Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 May 2025
There is a fundamental truth that is too often overlooked or willfully ignored: antisemites do not hate Jews because of Israel.
—Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 18 May 2025
The league is focused on four key areas: enhanced technological features to detect hateful comments online; increased emphasis on team, arena, and league security measures; reinforcing mental health resources; and alignment of core against hate.
—Doug Feinberg, Twin Cities, 16 May 2025
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Verb
Some people love Jiminy and some people hate Jiminy.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 May 2025
There is a fundamental truth that is too often overlooked or willfully ignored: antisemites do not hate Jews because of Israel.
—Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
Noun
The league is focused on four key areas: enhanced technological features to detect hateful comments online; increased emphasis on team, arena and league security measures; reinforcing mental health resources; and alignment of core against hate.
—Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 18 May 2025
The league is focused on four key areas: enhanced technological features to detect hateful comments online; increased emphasis on team, arena, and league security measures; reinforcing mental health resources; and alignment of core against hate.
—Doug Feinberg, Twin Cities, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hate
Verb
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That’s true, in the sense that Canadians now despise Trump and elected Carney to stand up to him.—
Chris Brennan,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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The Hero of This Book, by Elizabeth McCracken McCracken once promised never to make her deeply private mother, Natalie, a character in one of her books—especially not in a memoir, a genre the elder McCracken despised.—
Sophia Stewart,
The Atlantic,
9 May 2025
Noun
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The project educates students about the dangers of hatred and bigotry and the importance of standing against all forms of prejudice.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
15 May 2025
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Meanwhile, Republicans such as our current president spew contempt like volcanoes of hatred, prejudice and madness.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
Noun
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The absence of cloud cover that day exposed the Liberators even more to enemy fire.—
Linda Dudik,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 May 2025
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Nearly 700,000 people were executed in Stalin’s 1937-38 Great Terror amid show trials and purges of his real and perceived enemies.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
23 May 2025
Noun
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The reactions from right-of-center publications divide into roughly four camps, aligning on a spectrum ranging from vocal approval to outright abhorrence.—
Zack Beauchamp,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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Tolin doesn’t candy coat the animosity, helping children to understand how artists and Others continue to be misunderstood and how that lack of appreciation fuels abhorrence.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Dogs experiencing noise phobia might pace, pant, tremble or hypersalivate, the article stated.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
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The research could help scientists better understand how to help people with anxiety, phobias, or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).—
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Spice is added to the battle between the two clubs from the antipathy between Brighton’s owner-chairman Tony Bloom and his Brentford counterpart, Matthew Benham.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
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The data suggest the public, including majorities of Republicans, do not embrace the antipathy the president has expressed towards those trading partners.—
Steve Liesman,
CNBC,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Between the lines: Many undecideds are painfully trying to balance their sense of obligation with their detestation for Trump, as USA Today first detailed on Thursday.—
Erin Doherty,
Axios,
14 Dec. 2024
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One of the most memorable chapters epitomizes her detestation for the ultra-wealthy and pompous intellectuals who rushed to rationalize her work.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
20 Jan. 2024
Noun
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Jamal Murray goes supernova, Nikola Jokic trails in MVP race and the All-Star Weekend abomination Renck: Nuggets’ selfess Aaron Gordon navigates adversity with perspective, support of teammates Keeler: Nuggets’ Christian Braun wants to start.—
Bennett Durando,
The Denver Post,
19 Feb. 2025
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The series was an abomination of epic scale for Miami, but one that maybe shouldn’t have shocked following a 37-45 regular season and 10th playoff seed that worked up in the play-in to No. 8.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Hate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hate. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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