hate Definition

hate
verb hated, hating

1. To dislike intensely.

Thesaurus: abhor, detest, despise, execrate, loathe, scorn; Antonym: enjoy, like, adore.
2. colloq
To regret.
Example: I hate to bother you

noun

1. An intense dislike.

Thesaurus: animosity, enmity, hostility, loathing, execration, antipathy, detestation, disgust, malignity, rancour; Antonym: desire, favour, love.
2. colloq
An intensely disliked person or thing.
Form: pet hate (especially)
3. Expressing or conveying hatred.

Example: hate mail

Derivative: hatable
adj

Idiom: hate someone's guts

colloq
To dislike them intensely.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon hatian.