Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Intense animosity or hostility.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The emotion or feeling of hate; hate. See hate, n., 1.
- n. Synonyms Ill-will, Enmity, etc. (see animosity); Hatred, Dislike, Antipathy, etc. (see antipathy); Disgrace, Disfavor, Dishonor (see odium); detestation, loathing, abhorrence.
Wiktionary
- n. Strong aversion; intense dislike; hateful regard; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as unpleasant, harmful or evil.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Strong aversion; intense dislike; hate; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as evil.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
Etymologies
- Middle English : hate, hate; see hate + -rede, condition (from Old English -rǣden; see ar- in Indo-European roots).
Examples
“How can I endure to meet the disapproval and bitterness and hatred -- yes, _hatred_ -- when they come filing out upon me from that room across the hall.”
“If people don't want to use the term hatred, fine.”
“Using the Bible as a basis for your hatred is a cop out.”
“The state communications regulator also has warned companies that provide short cellphone-message services against being used as a platform to send messages that could instigate what it termed hatred, violence and unrest.”
“This hatred is a visceral need that cannot be reasoned with.”
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“AMANPOUR: Now in Afghanistan as the Taliban get pushed back, many, many Afghans are expressing what they call their hatred for Osama bin Laden, and especially the Arab fighters who have come to fight with him.”
“Jancus Lain, or the Wicked: their hatred is the proof of their esteem; the kingdom which he guarded was inaccessible to their arms; and they felt him most daring and formidable, when they fondly believed the captain and his country irrecoverably lost.”
“* The Catholics hated the person and government of Copronymus; but even their hatred is a proof of their oppression.”
“Civility not hatred is needed between individuals.”
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“By moving the UN headquarters to Geneva, the traditional city of diplomacy, we can avoid the gross humiliation of having the world's leading terrorist -- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- come to our greatest city to spew his hatred from the platform of the UN.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘hatred’.
milosrdenstvi Any examples that don't survive in modern English? Aug 27, 2010
qroqqa One of two words surviving in modern English with the abstract noun formative suffix -red, the other being kindred. This is not the same suffix as in hundred. Aug 26, 2010
ruzuzu Hatred has been looked up 393 times, favorited 0 times, listed 10 times, commented on 0 times, and has a Scrabble score of 10. Jul 24, 2010