ha·tred \ˈhā.trə̇d\noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English hatred, hatered, hatereden, from hate (I) + -reden (from Old English rǣden condition) — more at kindred 1.: hate 2.: a general attitude of prejudiced hostility : group animosity < the human race lives in a welter of organized hatreds and threats of mutual extermination — Bertrand Russell >