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Added 9 October 2026

hate

/heɪt/ noun

In Latin: ōdī, odiō Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about hate at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action.

verb

Dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards.
I hate Mexican food

Origin

From Middle English haate, hat, hate (noun), probably from Old English hatian (“to hate”, verb) and/or Old Norse hatr (“hate”, noun). Merged with Middle English het, hete (“hate”), from Old English hete, from Proto-West Germanic *hati, from Proto-Germanic *hataz (“hate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂d- (“angriness, hatred”).

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