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ha·tred
(hā′trĭd)n.
Intense animosity or hostility.
[Middle English : hate, hate; see hate + -rede, condition (from Old English -rǣden; see ar- in Indo-European roots).]
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hatred
(ˈheɪtrɪd)n
a feeling of intense dislike; enmity
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ha•tred
(ˈheɪ trɪd)n.
the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
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hatred
- enmity - "Hatred, ill will," the feelings of an enemy.
- heartburn - Has an old meaning of "jealousy" or "hatred."
- odium - Another word for hatred.
- misoneism - People with a hatred of change or new things experience misoneism.
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Hatred
- Dislike ran round the table like electricity —Penelope Gilliatt
- Exuded venom like a malicious old lady —Colette
- The greatest hatred, like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs, is silent —Jean Paul Richter
- Hate … flowed like electric syrup through her veins —Marge Piercy
- Hate is ptomaine, good-will is a panacea —Elbert Hubbard
- Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat —Harry Emerson Fosdick
- Hatred fills my mouth like spit —Margaret Atwood
- Hatred is a form of subjective involvement by which one is bound to the hated object —Lao Tzu
- Hatred like fire; it makes even light rubbish deadly —George Elliott
- Hatreds, like chickens, come home to roost —Joseph Shearing
- He’ll (a hated individual) be getting into your beer, like prussic acid; and blotting out your eyes, like a cataract; and screaming in your ears, like a brain tumor; and boiling around your heart, like melted lead; and ramping through your guts, like a cancer —Joyce Cary
- I hate you like all-fire —Truman Capote
- (Lady Charlotte would swallow back her hot feeling against Cynthia.) It [hate] was like a dark web within her, a fibrous tangle like the roots of plants in too small a pot —M. J. Farrell
- My hate is like ripe fruit —Marvin Bell
- The pleasure of hating, like a poisonous mineral, eats into the heart of religion and turns it to rankling spleen and bigotry —William Hazlitt
In his essay, The Pleasures of Hating, Hazlitt continues to describe the effects of hatred: “It makes patriotism an excuse for carrying fire, pestilence, and famine into other lands; it leaves to virtue nothing but the spirit of censoriousness.”
- Promiscuous haters get religion as promiscuous lovers get clap —Gerald Kersh
- Spite may often see as clearly as charity —Lawrence Durrell
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| Noun | 1. |  hatred - the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands actionemotion - any strong feeling misanthropy - hatred of mankind misogamy - hatred of marriage misogynism, misogyny - hatred of women misology - hatred of reasoning misoneism - hatred of change or innovation misopedia - hatred of children murderousness - a bloodthirsty hatred arousing murderous impulses ill will, enmity, hostility - the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility" malevolence, malignity - wishing evil to others |
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hatred
noun hate, dislike, animosity, aversion, revulsion, antagonism, antipathy, enmity, abomination, ill will, animus, repugnance, odium, detestation, execration He has been accused of inciting racial hatred.
love, liking, affection, attachment, goodwill, devotion, fondness, friendliness, amity
love, liking, affection, attachment, goodwill, devotion, fondness, friendliness, amity
Quotations
"Hatred, for the man who is not engaged in it, is a little like the odour of garlic for one who hasn't eaten any" [Jean Rostand Pensées d'un Biologiste]
"Hatred, for the man who is not engaged in it, is a little like the odour of garlic for one who hasn't eaten any" [Jean Rostand Pensées d'un Biologiste]
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
hatred
nounExtreme hostility and dislike:
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Translations
بُغْضكُرْه شَديد
nenávist
had
malamo
viha
viha
mržnja
gyűlölet
kebencian
hatur
憎しみ
증오
invidiaodium
ienaidsnaids
ură
sovraštvo
hat
chuki
ความเกลียด
ghétlòng căm thù
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
hatred
[ˈheɪtrɪd] n [person] → haine f
hatred for sb → la haine pour qn
to feel hatred towards sb → éprouver de la haine pour qn self-hatred
hatred for sb → la haine pour qn
to feel hatred towards sb → éprouver de la haine pour qn self-hatred
[racial, religious] → haine f
hatred of foreigners → la haine des étrangershat-trick hat trick [ˈhættrɪk] n (British) to score a hat trick (= score three times) → réussir trois coups consécutifs (= win three matches) → gagner trois matchs consécutifs
hatred of foreigners → la haine des étrangershat-trick hat trick [ˈhættrɪk] n (British) to score a hat trick (= score three times) → réussir trois coups consécutifs (= win three matches) → gagner trois matchs consécutifs
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
hatred
n → Hass m (→ for, of auf +acc); (of spinach, spiders etc) → Abscheu m (→ of vor +dat); racial hatred → Rassenhass m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
hate
(heit) verb to dislike very much. I hate them for their cruelty to my father; I hate getting up in the morning.
noun1. great dislike. a look of hate.
2. something disliked. Getting up in the morning is one of my pet (= particular) hates.
ˈhateful adjective very bad; very unpleasant. That was a hateful thing to do to her; What a hateful person!
ˈhatefully adverbˈhatefulness noun
hatred (ˈheitrid) noun
great dislike. There was a look of hatred in his eyes; I have a deep-seated hatred of liars.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
hatred
→ بُغْض nenávist had Hass μίσος odio viha haine mržnja odio 憎しみ 증오 haat hat nienawiść aversão ненависть hat ความเกลียด nefret lòng căm thù 仇恨Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
hate
, hatredn. odio, aversión;
v. odiar, repudiar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012