hate (hāt)

v., hat·ed, hat·ing, hates.

v.tr.

1. 1. To feel hostility or animosity toward.
   2. To detest.
2. To feel dislike or distaste for: hates washing dishes.

v.intr.
To feel hatred.

n.

1. Intense animosity or dislike; hatred.
2. An object of detestation or hatred: My pet hate is tardiness.

[Middle English haten, from Old English hatian. N., Middle English, from Old English hete.]

hater hat'er n.

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