hatred
nounUS /ˈheɪtɹɪd/ · UK /ˈheɪtɹɪd
Etymology From Middle English haterede, hatrede (“hatred”), from hate (“hate”) + -rede (“suffix denoting state or condition”), equivalent to hate + -red; compare sibred, Scots luferent. Related to Icelandic hatur (“hatred”).
1
A strong aversion; an intense dislike.
- Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, / Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman ſcorn'd.1697, [William] Congreve, The Mourning Bride, a Tragedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, page 39:
- the very circumstance which renders it so innocent is what chiefly exposes it to the public hatred1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 34:
2 more examples
- It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 8, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- Fears and hatreds pay no attention to facts.2000, David Crystal, Language Death:
- Derived terms
- antihatred, hatredful, hatredless, hatredly, love-hatred, race hatred, self-hatred