Dictionary
hate
Pronunciation: (hāt), [key]
—v., hat•ed, hat•ing,
—n.
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v.t.
1. to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest:
to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
2. to be unwilling; dislike:
I hate to do it.
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v.i.
to feel intense dislike, or extreme aversion or hostility.
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n.
1. intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
2. the object of extreme aversion or hostility.
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