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Synonyms for hate

  • noun
  • verb

Most common

hatred dislike ill-will animosity

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

hatred, dislike, ill-will, animosity, hostility, antipathy, detestation, malice, enmity, malevolence, venom, odium

Verb

detest, despise, loathe, abhor, resent, spite dated, execrate rare, abominate rare, disrelish rare

Antonyms

love, like, want

All antonyms of hate →

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    An object of hatred.

    One of my pet hates is traffic wardens.

  2. v. 1

    To dislike intensely or greatly.

    I hate to say it, but I know we're going to lose.

Related words

Word family
hatedom hateship hateworthy hatred hater
Phrases
hate on pet hate hate fuck hate sex
Is a kind of
dislike

Forms

Plural
hates → hatreds, dislikes, animosities, hostilities…
Past participle
hated
e.g. hated → detested, despised, loathed, abhorred…

Example sentences

  • hatred Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world.
  • hostility Hostility destroys things. Good will builds things.
  • animosity Then that animosity is being passed on down to us?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
haterising
hatredrising
hostilitysteady
animosityrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
spite1, venom2, abhor2, odium
6 letters
hatred2, resent2, malice2, loathe1, enmity3, detest2
7 letters
dislike2, despise2
8 letters
execrate
9 letters
hostility4, animosity5, antipathy4, abominate, disrelish
11 letters
malevolence, detestation

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (venom2 = 2 syllables).