hatred
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Definition of hatred
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)A strong aversion; an intense dislike.
“Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, / Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman ſcorn'd.”
“the very circumstance which renders it so innocent is what chiefly exposes it to the public hatred”
“It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.”
“Fears and hatreds pay no attention to facts.”
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Etymology
From Middle English haterede, hatrede (“hatred”), from hate (“hate”) + -rede (“suffix denoting state or condition”), equivalent to hate + -red; compare sibred, Scots luferent. Related to Icelandic hatur (“hatred”).
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