(~s, hating, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ someone or something, you have an extremely strong feeling of dislike for them.
Most people ~ him, but they don’t dare to say so, because he still rules the country...
= detest, loathe
? love
VERB: V n
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Hate is also a noun.
I was 17 and filled with a lot of ~...
= hatred
N-UNCOUNT
~d
He’s probably the most ~d man in this county.
= detested
ADJ: ADJ n
2.
If you say that you ~ something such as a particular activity, you mean that you find it very unpleasant.
Ted ~d parties, even gatherings of people he liked individually...
He ~s to be interrupted during training...
He ~d coming home to the empty house...
I ~ it when people accuse us of that...
I would ~ him to think I’m trying to trap him...
She ~s me having any fun and is quite jealous and spoiled.
= dislike
? love, like
VERB: no cont, V n, V to-inf, V -ing, V it wh, V n to-inf, V n -ing
3.
You can use ~ in expressions such as ‘I ~ to trouble you’ or ‘I ~ to bother you’ when you are apologizing to someone for interrupting them or asking them to do something.
I ~ to rush you but I have another appointment later on.
VERB: no cont, V to-inf politeness
4.
You can use ~ in expressions such as ‘I ~ to say it’ or ‘I ~ to tell you’ when you want to express regret about what you are about to say, because you think it is unpleasant or should not be the case.
I ~ to admit it, but you were right.
VERB: no cont, V to-inf feelings
5.
to ~ someone’s guts: see gut
6.
You can use ~ in expressions such as ‘I ~ to see’ or ‘I ~ to think’ when you are emphasizing that you find a situation or an idea unpleasant.
I just ~ to see you doing this to yourself.
VERB: no cont, V to-inf emphasis
7.
You can use ~ in expressions such as ‘I’d ~ to think’ when you hope that something is not true or that something will not happen.
I’d ~ to think my job would not be secure if I left it temporarily.
VERB: no cont, V to-inf