| VERB | emotion | hate, detest | dislike intensely |
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| NOUN | feeling | hate, hatred | the emotion of intense dislike |
| Sounds | hhey't | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | The emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action. | |
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| Synonym | hatred | |
| Narrower | abhorrence, abomination, detestation, execration, loathing, odium | hate coupled with disgust |
| despisal, despising | A feeling of scornful hatred | |
| hostility, enmity, ill will | The feeling of a hostile person | |
| malevolence, malignity | wishing evil to others | |
| misanthropy | hatred of mankind | |
| misogamy | hatred of marriage | |
| misogyny, misogynism | hatred of women | |
| misology | hatred of reasoning | |
| misoneism | hatred of change or innovation | |
| misopedia | hatred of children | |
| murderousness | A bloodthirsty hatred arousing murderous impulses | |
| mysoandry | Hatred for men or boys | |
| Broader | emotion | Any strong feeling |
| Opposite | love | A strong positive emotion of regard and affection |
| Spanish | odio | |
| Catalan | aversió, odi | |
| Verbs | hate | dislike intensely |
| Meaning | dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | Sam cannot hate Sue; Sam and Sue hate the movie | |
| Example | "I hate Mexican food" | |
| Synonym | detest | |
| Narrower | abhor, loathe, abominate, execrate | Find repugnant |
| contemn, despise, scorn, disdain | Look down on with disdain | |
| Broader | dislike | Have or feel a dislike or distaste for |
| Opposite | love | Have a great affection or liking for |
| Spanish | abominar, aborrecer, detestar, odiar | |
| Catalan | abominar, avorrir, detestar, odiar | |
| Nouns | hate | the emotion of intense dislike |
| hater | a person who hates | |
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