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Hated

//ˈheɪtɪd// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Disliked; odious; reviled.

    "bitterly hated"

Adjective
  1. 1
    treated with dislike or contempt wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of hate form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English hated, from Old English hatod, ġehatod (“hated”, past participle), from Proto-Germanic *hatadaz (“hated”), equivalent to hate + -ed. Cognate with Saterland Frisian haated, hoated (“hated”), Dutch gehaat (“hated”), German Low German haat (“hated”), German gehasst (“hated”), Swedish hatad (“hated”), Icelandic hataður (“hated”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English hated, from Old English hatod, ġehatod (“hated”, past participle), from Proto-Germanic *hatadaz (“hated”), equivalent to hate + -ed. Cognate with Saterland Frisian haated, hoated (“hated”), Dutch gehaat (“hated”), German Low German haat (“hated”), German gehasst (“hated”), Swedish hatad (“hated”), Icelandic hataður (“hated”).

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