What are some opposite words for hate?
Antonyms for hate
heɪthate
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term hate.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
hate
Abhor is stronger than despiseimplying a shuddering recoilespecially a moral recoil. "How many shun evil as inconvenient who do not abhor it as hateful."
Trench Serm. in Westm. Abbey xxvi297. [Murray's "New English Dictionary"] Detest expresses indignationwith something of contempt. Loathe implies disgustphysical or moral. We abhor a traitordespise a cowarddetest a liar. We dislike an uncivil person. We abhor crueltyhate tyranny. We loathe a reptile or a flatterer. We abhor Milton's heroic Satanbut we can not despise him.Antonyms:
admireapprovecovetcravedesireenjoyesteemesteemlikeloverelishSynonyms:
abhorabominatedespisedetestdislikeloathenauseatescornshun
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Princeton's WordNet
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How to use hate in a sentence?
Hate speech and freedom of speechtwo different things.
I didn't mean for my satirical poster to be taken seriouslyit became kind of an excuse for people to hate or be mean-spirited. I'm not mean-spirited.
Don 't expect your life to change if you hate change.
What we saw yesterday was a premeditatedviolent anti-Semitic hate crimein other wordsyou can say it was an act of terror because it was premeditatedit was violentand it was directed at the Jewish community.
Forgiveness is a strength and hate is a weakness. That's why people that hate search for validationwhile forgiving someone doesn't need any.
How to say hate in sign language?
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