hate

I UK [heɪt] / US verb [transitive]
Word forms "hate":
present tense I/you/we/they hate he/she/it hates present participle hating past tense hated past participle hated
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Metaphor:

Hate, jealousy, and other negative feelings are like poisons or diseases, or like something that is destroying you from inside. They were eaten up by/with hatred. ♦ Guilt gnawed away at him. ♦ Jealousy is the most corrosive of emotions. ♦ Mistrust had poisoned their relationship. ♦ He made a venomous attack on his opponent. ♦ They had become deadly enemies. ♦ He has had a noxious influence on her. ♦ She fixed him with a malignant stare. ♦ The incident cast a blight over their happiness. ♦ The thought was like a canker, eating away at her. ➡ feeling

a) to dislike someone or something very much

Go away! I hate you!

I hate the smell of cigarettes.

b) if you hate something such as a particular situation or activity, you find it unpleasant or upsetting

Craig hated the idea of her going away.

hate to do something:

I hate to lose any game.

hate doing something:

Molly hates sitting still and doing nothing.

hate someone/something doing something:

She hated the children staying out too late.

hate it when:

I hate it when my parents argue.

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I hate to bother/interrupt/trouble etc you — spoken a polite way of saying you are sorry for interrupting someone or asking them for something

I hate to interrupt, but there's an urgent phone call for you.

I hate to say/admit= I hate to tell you — used for showing that you are sorry about what you are going to say, because you think it is unpleasant or you wish it was not true

I hate to admit it, but Sam may be right.

I hate to say this, but I think you've probably lost your money.

I'd hate (for) someone/something to do something= I'd hate to see someone/something do something — used for saying that a particular situation or event would make you feel unhappy

I'd hate to see public money put into something which is not going anywhere.

- hate someone's guts

- I hate to think

II UK [heɪt] / US noun [uncountable]

the feeling of hating someone or something

She looked at him with eyes full of hate.