as in to despise
to dislike strongly
she hates her job, she hates her friends, and she hates her life!
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1
as in hatred
a very strong dislike
hate can sometimes be replaced with tolerance when people meet face to face
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2
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
Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
The brotherly call-and-response is so moving, especially from two guys who famously hated each other.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2025
Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 22 Apr. 2025
Is the right way everything else is to be trapped in a world of hate and pain and sorrow.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 18 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Trump hates them, because in his mind there are no allies—only competitors to dominate, or be dominated by.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
The brotherly call-and-response is so moving, especially from two guys who famously hated each other.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
In a recent TikTok, the singer-songwriter vented about people who leave hate comments without backing them up.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 22 Apr. 2025
Is the right way everything else is to be trapped in a world of hate and pain and sorrow.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hate
Verb
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The tech worker didn’t vote in the 2024 election, despising Trump but unimpressed with Kamala Harris.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2025
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Coop’s ex-wife doesn’t completely despise him, and Amanda Peet manages to give her more dimension than what’s on the page.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Heiss said that nothing would be so devastating as to have earned Prima’s hatred.—
Lillian Fishman,
New Yorker,
4 May 2025
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While Brandon Hagel has been suspended and a number of jarring hits have taken place, there is another level of intensity and hatred around the corner.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Volunteer historians and re-enactors will share living history of a small portion of Napoleon’s French Grande Army and the empire’s enemies, Britain, Austria, Prussia and their allies, on campaign in Spain.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 May 2025
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Dog Man must then foil the evil plans of his enemy, Petey, an orange cat (voiced by Pete Davidson), who clones himself in an effort to create a criminal sidekick but ends up with a curious kitten, Li’l Petey (Lucas Hopkins Calderon) instead.—
Danielle Directo-Meston,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 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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Common causes of noise phobias include fireworks, gunshots, vacuums and fire alarms.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
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Despite its name, photophobia is not a phobia or a fear of lights.—
Lana Barhum,
Verywell Health,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But the party’s fortunes have since improved amid growing Canadian antipathy toward Trump and his policies.—
Olivia Kemp,
CNN,
14 Mar. 2025
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President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to enact mass deportations — and his famous antipathy toward Chicago — have girded local immigration activists for the immediate aftermath of his inauguration.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Jan. 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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And that would be an abomination – an abuse of power, and punishment against the weakest, most fragile and youngest in our country.—
Ailsa Chang,
NPR,
17 Apr. 2025
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In keeping with their distaste for regulations, Republicans and the broader conservative legal movement have long treated independent agencies as an abomination—and last month Trump sought to rein them in with an executive order that purported to bring them further under his direct control.—
Cristian Farias,
The New Yorker,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Hate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hate. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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