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hate

verb

1 the boys hate each other:

loathe, detest, dislike greatly, abhor, abominate, despise, execrate, feel aversion toward, feel revulsion toward, feel hostile toward, be repelled by, be revolted by, regard with disgust, not be able to bear/stand, be unable to stomach, find intolerable, shudder at, recoil from, shrink from;

informal hate someone's guts;

rare disrelish.

▷antonyms love; like.

2 I hate to bother you:

be sorry, be reluctant, be loath, be unwilling, be disinclined;

regret, dislike, not like, hesitate.

noun

1 feelings of hate and revenge:

loathing, hatred, detestation, dislike, distaste, abhorrence, abomination, execration, resentment, aversion, hostility, ill will, ill feeling, bad feeling;

enmity, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, bitterness, animus, revulsion, disgust, contempt, repugnance, odium, rancor;

rare disrelish.

▷antonyms love; liking.

2 Richard's pet hate is filling in his tax returns:

bugbear, bane, bogey, bugaboo, pet aversion, thorn in one's flesh/side, bane of one's life;

French bête noire.

▷antonyms favorite thing.