hate
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,261 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 14,504 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.007% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action also: hatred
verb
- dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards also: detest I hate Mexican foodShe detests politicians
hate in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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What hate of heresy the east-wind woke?
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1
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I can never feel anything towards you but hate and contempt.’
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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I hate to scold, and yet I must; And you will take it well, I trust.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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On ev'ry Stage the Foes of Peace attend, Hate dogs their Flight, and Insult mocks their End.
The Vanity of Human Wishes (1749) and Two · Samuel Johnson · Chapter 1
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Wanton scorn hath maimed All the joy my heart enjoyed; Thoughts their thinking have disclaimed, Hate my hopes hath quite annoyed.
Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Phillis - Licia · Martha Foote [Editor] Crow · Chapter 1