[OE. haten, hatien, AS. hatian; akin to OS. hatan, hat¿n to be hostile to, D. haten to hate, OHG. hazz¿n, hazz¿n, G. hassen, Icel. & Sw. hata, Dan. hade, Goth. hatan, hatian. ¿¿¿. Cf. Hate, n., Heinous.]
Synonyms -- To Hate, Abhor, Detest, Abominate, Loathe. Hate is the generic word, and implies that one is inflamed with extreme dislike.
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Definition of what is called Hate
- We abhor what is deeply repugnant to our sensibilities or feelings.
- We detest what contradicts so utterly our principles and moral sentiments that we feel bound to lift up our voice against it.
- What we abominate does equal violence to our moral and religious sentiments.
- What we loathe is offensive to our own nature, and excites unmingled disgust.
- Our Savior is said to have hated the deeds of the Nicolaitanes; his language shows that he loathed the lukewarmness of the Laodiceans; he detested the hypocrisy of the scribes and Pharisees; he abhorred the suggestions of the tempter in the wilderness.
- To have a great aversion to, with a strong desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; to dislike intensely; to detest; as, to hate one's enemies; to hate hypocrisy.
