HATE

I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hete; akin to Old High German haz ~, Greek kēdos care Date: before 12th century 1. intense hostility and aversion usually deriving from fear, anger, or sense of injury, extreme dislike or antipathy ; loathing , an object of hatred , II. verb (~d; hating) Date: before 12th century transitive verb to feel extreme enmity toward , to have a strong aversion to ; find very distasteful , intransitive verb to express or feel extreme enmity or active hostility, ~r noun Synonyms: see: ~