hated
treated with dislike or contempt
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,123 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,351 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- treated with dislike or contempt also: despised, detested, scorned
hated 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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Frenchmen of the south were detestable, and she hated them.
The Pretty Lady · Arnold Bennett · Chapter 1
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Robert hated the old man--never made any bones about it.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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Sipsu was feared, and as correspondingly hated, by the tribe.
The Eternal Maiden · T. Everett (Thomas Everett) Harré · Chapter 1
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He is the one thing that is hated, and the only preoccupation.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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Like all people whose minds are very active, Gissing hated to attend to little details like this.
Where the Blue Begins · Christopher Morley · Chapter 1