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?
I hate to think that this process in the Senate Judiciary Committee is being likened to a piñata contest where we are blindly going to swing at whoever that nominee or piñata is going to bewe have a responsibility to be fair.
The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.
I hate itschool has been so hardit's not normal.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
(Islamic State) uses the full range of modern communications tools to spread its message of hate, and to inspire extremistssometimes as young as their teensto conduct attacks in whatever way they can.
How to say hate in sign language?
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