hateverb [ I or T ]
uk/heɪt/us/heɪt/A2 to dislike someone or something very much:
Kelly hates her teacher.
She hated the cold, dark days of winter.
I hate it when you do that.
[ + -ing verb ] I have always hated speaking in public.
I hate him telling me what do to all the time.
[ + to infinitive ] I hate (= do not want) to interrupt, but it's time we left.
I'd hate (= would not like) you to think I didn't appreciate what you'd done.
More examples
- My job is so routine and boring - I hate it.
- I would hate to lose contact with my old school friends.
- He hates travelling by plane.
- I remember how much I hated doing sums when I was at school.
- As a child I hated my brother, but now we get on wonderfully.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not liking
- abhor
- abide
- abominate
- antipathy
- averse
- go off sb/sth
- hate sb's guts idiom
- have a problem with sth/sb idiom
- have a thing about sth/sb idiom
- have it in for sb idiom
- leave
- not take kindly to sth idiom
- phobic
- problem
- put
- put sb off (sth/sb)
- see sth in sb/sth
- take against sb
- thing
- turn
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hated
adjective uk/ˈheɪ.tɪd/us/ˈheɪ.t̬ɪd/
He was the most hated teacher in the school.
Idiom(s)
hate sb's guts
Phrasal verb(s)
hate on sb
hatenoun [ C or U ]
uk/heɪt/us/heɪt/C1 an extremely strong dislike:
She gave him a look of pure hate.
The feelings of hate grew stronger every day.
UK One of my pet hates (= one of the main things I dislike) is people who use your name all the while when they're speaking to you.
See also
hatred
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Feelings of dislike and hatred
- abhorrence
- abomination
- anathema
- animosity
- animus
- disdain
- disfavour
- disgust
- dislike
- distaste
- ill will
- loathing
- misandry
- misanthrope
- misanthropic
- repulsion
- sore point
- technophobe
- virulence
- vitriol
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