Antonyms for hatred


Grammar : Noun
Spell : hey-trid
Phonetic Transcription : ˈheɪ trɪd


Definition of hatred

Origin :
  • early 13c., from hate + rare suffix -red, from Old English ræden "state, condition," related to verb rædan "to advise, discuss, rule, read, guess." See read (v.) and cf. second element of kindred and proper names Æþelræd and Alfred.
  • noun severe dislike
Example sentences :
  • Hatred has no place beside the calm and awful dignity of justice.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • We are often influenc'd by our Love, or our Hatred, before we are aware of it our selves.
  • Extract from : « A Letter to Dion » by Bernard Mandeville
  • Hatred is to be repaid by love, life is to be filled with kindness and compassion.
  • Extract from : « History of Religion » by Allan Menzies
  • Hatred burned in his eyes at the memory, like some fire that had been banked but had never died.
  • Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin
  • Hatred of sin is love shrinking from that which separates from its lover.
  • Extract from : « Quiet Talks on Power » by S.D. Gordon
  • Hatred and sin—is not that hell itself, wherein dwells all that is opposed to God?
  • Extract from : « Daily Thoughts » by Charles Kingsley
  • Hatred will harden the tension of the knees like steel, and grip the feet like talons.
  • Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence
  • Hatred must be considered both as a cause of war, and as an element in the war moods.
  • Extract from : « The Psychology of Nations » by G.E. Partridge
  • Hatred is an aspect of the aggressive defensive toward the stranger.
  • Extract from : « The Psychology of Nations » by G.E. Partridge
  • Hatred and Variance are the trees on which the devil grafts Murders.
  • Extract from : « Broken Bread » by Thomas Champness

Synonyms for hatred

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