Antonyms for hate


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : heyt
Phonetic Transcription : heɪt


Definition of hate

Origin :
  • Old English hatian "to hate," from Proto-Germanic *hatojanan (cf. Old Saxon haton, Old Norse hata, German hassen, Gothic hatan "to hate"), from PIE root *kad- "sorrow, hatred" (cf. Avestan sadra- "grief, sorrow, calamity," Greek kedos "care, trouble, sorrow," Welsh cas "pain, anger"). Related: Hated; hating. French haine (n.), hair (v.) are Germanic. Hate crime attested from 1988.
  • noun extreme dislike
  • verb dislike very strongly
Example sentences :
  • But no doubt the gang had thought caution to be the better part of hate.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • He would only go away as soon as he had had enough of it, and hate him all the same!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • For the moment at least, the man is open to influences from another source than his hate.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • You are right; I do not feel the smallest inclination to hate him.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Folks say I'm prejudiced against em; but it isn't so—I hate 'em.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870 » by Various
  • I am quick to love, and quick to hate and 'fore God I am loth to part.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The eyes glowed with the fires of a man's heart in a spasm of hate.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • He looses his moral courage just as he comes to hate books and languages.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
  • His hate was forgotten now in an emotion still deeper, and he turned to Mary.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • It contrasts "foe and friend," just as the sonnet contrasts "love and hate."
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

Synonyms for hate

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