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Verb: hate  heyt
  1. Dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
    "I hate Mexican food";
    - detest
     
  2. To have and express negative sentiments about a person
Noun: hate  heyt
  1. The emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
    - hatred
     
  2. A person or thing that is strongly disliked
    "one of my pet hates is graffiti vandalism"

Derived forms: hating, hated, hates

Type of: dislike, disrelish [archaic], emotion, express, give tongue to, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize

Antonym: love

Encyclopedia: Hate, Fear and Power