— hater , n.
/hayt/ , v. , hated, hating , n.
v.t.
1. to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
2. to be unwilling; dislike: I hate to do it.
v.i.
3. to feel intense dislike, or extreme aversion or hostility.
n.
4. intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
5. the object of extreme aversion or hostility.
[ bef. 900; ME hat ( i ) en, OE hatian (v.); c. D haten, ON hata, Goth hatan, G hassen ]
Syn. 1. loathe, execrate; despise. HATE, ABHOR, DETEST, ABOMINATE imply feeling intense dislike or aversion toward something. HATE, the simple and general word, suggests passionate dislike and a feeling of enmity: to hate autocracy. ABHOR expresses a deep-rooted horror and a sense of repugnance or complete rejection: to abhor cruelty; Nature abhors a vacuum. DETEST implies intense, even vehement, dislike and antipathy, besides a sense of disdain: to detest a combination of ignorance and arrogance. ABOMINATE expresses a strong feeling of disgust and repulsion toward something thought of as unworthy, unlucky, or the like: to abominate treachery.
Ant. 1. love.