Verb: hate heyt
- Dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
"I hate Mexican food";
- detest
- To have and express negative sentiments about a person
"Out of jealousy, some people hate successful people"
- An intense, hostile emotion of extreme dislike or aversion
"His hate for his rival consumed him";
- hatred
- A person or thing that is strongly disliked
"one of my pet hates is graffiti vandalism"
Derived forms: hated, hating, hates
Type of: dislike, disrelish [archaic], emotion, express, give tongue to, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize
Antonym: love
Encyclopedia: Hate, Henry