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Hate

//heʔ// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An object of hatred. countable, uncountable

    "One of my pet hates is traffic wardens."

  2. 2
    the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action wordnet
  3. 3
    Hatred. countable, uncountable

    "He gave me a look filled with pure hate."

  4. 4
    Negative feedback, abusive behaviour. Internet, countable, metonymically, uncountable

    "There was a lot of hate in the comments on my vlog about Lady Gaga from her fans."

  5. 5
    Bigotry. countable, metonymically, uncountable

    "The corporation said it would not tolerate hate."

Verb
  1. 1
    To dislike intensely or greatly. transitive

    "People who hate broccoli may have super-sensitive taste buds."

  2. 2
    to have and express negative sentiments about a person wordnet
  3. 3
    To experience a feeling of hatred. intransitive
  4. 4
    dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards wordnet
  5. 5
    Used in a phrasal verb: hate on. informal, slang

    "I put ranch dressing on pizza. Please don't hate on me."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English hate (noun), probably from Old English hatian (“to hate”, verb) and/or Old Norse hatr (“hate”, noun). Merged with Middle English hete, hæte, heate (“hate”), from Old English hete, from Proto-Germanic *hataz (“hatred, hate”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂d- (“strong emotion”). Cognate with Dutch haat (“hatred”), German Hass, Haß (“hate, hatred”), Luxembourgish Haass (“hate, hatred”), Vilamovian hās (“hate, hatred”), Yiddish האַס (has, “hatred”), Danish had (“hate, hatred”), Faroese, Icelandic hatur (“hatred, spite, aversion”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish hat (“hate, hatred”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃 (hatis, “hate, wrath”). The verb is from Middle English haten, from Old English hatian (“to hate, treat as an enemy”), from Proto-West Germanic *hatēn, from Proto-Germanic *hatāną (“to hate”), from Proto-Germanic *hataz, from the same root as above.

Etymology 2

From Middle English hate (noun), probably from Old English hatian (“to hate”, verb) and/or Old Norse hatr (“hate”, noun). Merged with Middle English hete, hæte, heate (“hate”), from Old English hete, from Proto-Germanic *hataz (“hatred, hate”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂d- (“strong emotion”). Cognate with Dutch haat (“hatred”), German Hass, Haß (“hate, hatred”), Luxembourgish Haass (“hate, hatred”), Vilamovian hās (“hate, hatred”), Yiddish האַס (has, “hatred”), Danish had (“hate, hatred”), Faroese, Icelandic hatur (“hatred, spite, aversion”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish hat (“hate, hatred”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃 (hatis, “hate, wrath”). The verb is from Middle English haten, from Old English hatian (“to hate, treat as an enemy”), from Proto-West Germanic *hatēn, from Proto-Germanic *hatāną (“to hate”), from Proto-Germanic *hataz, from the same root as above.

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