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In addition to the idiom beginning with HATE, Also see SOMEBODY UP THERE LOVES (HATES) ME.
American Heritage Idioms
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hate
verb [ transitive not in progressive ] to dislike someone or something very much:
• Billy hated his stepfather. • He hated the fact that his wife was more successful than he was. • She hates people being late.
can’t stand/can’t bear
to hate someone or something. Can’t stand is less formal than hate , and is very common in everyday English:
• She’s OK, but I can’t stand her husband. • He couldn’t bear the thought of life without Nicole. • She can’t stand being on her own.
loathe
/detest verb [ transitive not in progressive ] to hate something or someone very much. Loathe and detest are a little more formal than hate:
• He loathed housework. • Greg had detested his brother for as long as he could remember. • She evidently loathes her ex-husband.
despise
verb [ transitive not in progressive ] to hate someone or something very much and have no respect for them:
• He despised the man and could never forgive him for what he had done. • They despised the wealth and consumerism of the West.
abhor
verb [ transitive not in progressive ] formal to hate something because you think it is morally wrong:
• He abhorred violence. • We abhor racism in any form.
Longman-Thesaurus
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noun
malice:
Hate can destroy a nation.
verb
detest:
I hate going to that city.
Simple Definitions
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verb ADV. particularly, really | absolutely I absolutely hate cooking. | almost For a moment she almost hated him. | just Don't you just hate people who are always right? | always I always hated school. | still VERB + HATE begin to, come to, grow to He came to hate the town, with its narrow prejudices. | love to the media baron all the socialists love to hate PREP. for He hated me for standing up to him. PHRASES hate it when I hate it when you lose your temper like that., noun strong feeling of dislike ADJ. absolute, naked, pure In her eyes he could see naked hate. VERB + HATE be filled with, be full of, burn with He burned with hate for everyone and everything. HATE + NOUN campaign, figure, mail victim of a vicious hate campaign She became a hate figure for politicians on the left. PREP. ~ for full of hate for the people who had betrayed her sb/sth you hate ADJ. pet Jazz has always been a pet hate of mine.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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hate
phrases
be full of hate/be filled with hate
• People’s faces were full of hate.
a look of hate
• He gave me a look of pure hate as I entered the room.
a message of hate
• White nationalists are using the media to preach a message of hate.
sb’s eyes are burning/smouldering/blazing with hate
literary
• Then he noticed the dark eyes, smouldering with hate.
adjectives
absolute/pure hate
(= complete and total hate )
• His speech was an expression of pure hate.
hate + NOUN
a hate figure
(= someone who is hated by a lot of people )
• After the incident, he became a hate figure in the British press.
hate mail
(= letters or messages expressing hate and threats towards someone )
• Since appearing on the show she has even received hate mail from the public.
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