[hate] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE hete; akin to OHG haz hate, Gk kedos care] (bef. 12c) 1 a: intense hostility and aversion usu. deriving from fear, anger, or sense of injury b: extreme dislike or antipathy: loathing "had a great ~ of hard work"
2: an object of hatred "a generation whose finest ~ had been big business --F. L. Paxson"
[2]hate vb hat.ed ; hat.ing vt (bef. 12c) 1: to feel extreme enmity toward "~s his country's enemies"
2: to have a strong aversion to: find very distasteful "hated to have to meet strangers" "~ hypocrisy" ~ vi: to express or feel extreme enmity or active hostility -- hat.er n -- hate one's guts : to hate someone with great intensity syn hate, detest, abhor, abominate, loathe mean to feel strong aversion or intense dislike for. hate implies an emotional aversion often coupled with enmity or malice "hated the enemy with a passion". detest suggests violent antipathy "detests cowards". abhor implies a deep often shuddering repugnance "a crime abhorred by all". abominate suggests strong detestation and often moral condemnation "every society abominates incest". loathe implies utter disgust and intolerance "loathed self-appointed moral guardians".