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Antonyms for hate
heɪthate

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English Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 1 vote

  1. 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:
    admireapprovecovetcravedesireenjoyesteemesteemlikeloverelish

    Synonyms:
    abhorabominatedespisedetestdislikeloathenauseatescornshun

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Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. hatehatredverb

    the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action

    Antonyms:
    love

    Synonyms:
    hatred

  2. hatedetestverb

    dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards

    "I hate Mexican food"; "She detests politicians"

    Antonyms:
    love

    Synonyms:
    detest

SynonymsAntonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. hateverb

    Synonyms:
    dislikedetestabhordespiseabominateloatheexecrate

How to use hate in a sentence?

  1. Tim Scott:

    I think we're actually making progress overalli hate to litigate and/or fight with through the press on these issues. They are really important issues to communities that are very vulnerable. We are trying to get to a place where we can solve those issues.

  2. Laura Edelson:

    We haven't really seen any substantial changes in in Facebook's content moderation that they have talked about publicly or that have been externally detectableit appears externally like they're still using fairly rudimentary keyword matching tools to identify problematic contentwhether it's hate speech or misinformation.

  3. Amy Oberman:

    Yesthere is freedom of speech established by [The Supreme Court decision] Tinkerbut at least in my viewit's a hate crime because a group was targeted.

  4. John Steinbeck:

    I hate cameras. They are so much more sure than I am about everything.

  5. Jeff Smith:

    Aziz is highly critical of the Pakistani government but Islamabad knows he commands a sizable following and claim they have no legal grounds to arrest or convict him. Ultimatelythey’ve decided it’s best to avoid stirring the hornet’s nesteven if means quietly allowing the swarm to proliferateideallyPakistan would pass legislation or criminal justice reforms outlawing the type of hate speech espoused by Aziz and his ilkand then deal with them through the appropriate legal mechanisms.

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#370love
#1650enjoy
#3527hate
#4015desire
#6468approve
#12073esteem
#16605admire
#23666crave
#27854relish
#63590covet

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