Antonyms for hate

Grammar : Nounverb

Spell : heyt

Phonetic Transcription : heɪt

Definition of hate

Origin : Old English hatian "to hate," from Proto-Germanic *hatojanan (cf. Old Saxon hatonOld Norse hataGerman hassenGothic hatan "to hate")from PIE root *kad- "sorrowhatred" (cf. Avestan sadra- "griefsorrowcalamity," Greek kedos "caretroublesorrow," Welsh cas "painanger"). Related: Hated; hating. French haine (n.)hair (v.) are Germanic. Hate crime attested from 1988.

noun extreme dislike
verb dislike very strongly

Example sentences :

But no doubt the gang had thought caution to be the better part of hate.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

He would only go away as soon as he had had enough of itand hate him all the same!
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

For the moment at leastthe man is open to influences from another source than his hate.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

You are right; I do not feel the smallest inclination to hate him.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Folks say I'm prejudiced against em; but it isn't so—I hate 'em.
Extract from : « PunchinelloVol. 1No. 7May 141870 » by Various

I am quick to loveand quick to hate and 'fore God I am loth to part.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

The eyes glowed with the fires of a man's heart in a spasm of hate.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

He looses his moral courage just as he comes to hate books and languages.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw

His hate was forgotten now in an emotion still deeperand he turned to Mary.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

It contrasts "foe and friend," just as the sonnet contrasts "love and hate."
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

Antonyms for hate

Definition of hate

Synonyms for hate