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Antonyms for hate
heɪthate

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English Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 1 vote

  1. hate

    Abhor is stronger than despise, implying a shuddering recoil, especially a moral recoil. "How many shun evil as inconvenient who do not abhor it as hateful." Trench Serm. in Westm. Abbey xxvi, 297. [Murray's "New English Dictionary"] Detest expresses indignation, with something of contempt. Loathe implies disgust, physical or moral. We abhor a traitor, despise a coward, detest a liar. We dislike an uncivil person. We abhor cruelty, hate tyranny. We loathe a reptile or a flatterer. We abhor Milton's heroic Satan, but we can not despise him.

    Antonyms:
    admire, approve, covet, crave, desire, enjoy, esteem, esteem, like, love, relish

    Synonyms:
    abhor, abominate, despise, detest, dislike, loathe, nauseate, scorn, shun

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Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. hate, hatredverb

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

    Antonyms:
    love

    Synonyms:
    hatred

  2. hate, detestverb

    dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards

    "I hate Mexican food"; "She detests politicians"

    Antonyms:
    love

    Synonyms:
    detest

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. hateverb

    Synonyms:
    dislike, detest, abhor, despise, abominate, loathe, execrate

How to use hate in a sentence?

  1. Vicki Lawrence:

    I texted Carol Burnett and said, ‘ This just sucks. I hate this. It’s just horrible to see the people you love so much go away, ’ carol Burnett wrote back and said, ‘ I know, I know. I spoke to Betty’s assistant, who was with her when she passed, and she said the very last word out of her mouth was ‘ Allen Ludden,'.

  2. Alex Murdaugh:

    I hate the fact that I did it. I ’m embarrassed by it. I ’m embarrassed for Paul Murdaugh.

  3. Michael McCaul:

    I hate to say this : I hope we don't have to go back there, but it will be a threat to the homeland in a matter of time.

  4. Jurgen Otto:

    They are harmless, they are cute, they are colorful, they remind people of their own cat. I often compare them with kittens with too many legs, so really people get excited when they see them, people who hate spiders confess that they actually can't help loving these ones and in time this will just change the opinions people have of spiders, I hope.

  5. Unknown, Tuskegee Airman motto during World War II:

    We do not hate those we fight; we do not love those we defend.

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#1650enjoy
#3527hate
#4015desire
#6468approve
#12073esteem
#16605admire
#23666crave
#27854relish
#63590covet

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