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hate

1. hate \'ha-t\ n [ME, fr. OE hete; akin to OHG haz hate, Gk ke-dos grief] 
   1a: intense hostility and aversion usu. deriving from fear, anger, or sense 
    of injury 1b: an habitual emotional attitude of distaste coupled with 
   sustained ill w ill 1c: a very strong dislike or antipathy  2: an object of 
   hatred 
2. hate vt 1: to feel extreme enmity toward {~s his country's enemies> 2a: 
   to have a strong aversion to : DETEST {~ hypocrisy}  2b: to find 
   distasteful : DISLIKE {~s cold weather> : to express or feel extreme enmity 
   or active hostility  implies an emotional aversion often coupled with 
   enmity or malice; DETEST suggests violent antipathy; ABHOR implies a deep 
   often shuddering repugnance; ABOMINATE suggests strong detestation and 
   often moral condemnation; LOATHE implies utter disgust and intolerance - 
   hat.er n SYN syn DETEST, ABHOR, ABOMINATE, LOATHE: HATE