hate

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.

I hate to bother/interrupt/trouble etc youspoken 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.


II UK [heɪt] / US noun [uncountable]
the feeling of hating someone or something

She looked at him with eyes full of hate.


English dictionary. 2014.

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