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hatred
an angry feeling of deep dislike for someone or something:
• his hatred of violence • It is easy to understand their hatred for the invaders of their country. • racial hatred (= of people who belong to a different race )
hate
the angry feeling that someone has when they hate someone and want to harm them:
• His mind was filled with hate and the desire for revenge. • Her love for him turned to hate , and she tore up all his old letters. • Thatcher became a hate figure for the left (= someone who many people hate ) . • His enemies started a hate campaign against him in the press.
loathing
a very strong feeling of hatred for someone or something that you think is extremely unpleasant:
• I felt nothing but loathing for him after the way he’d treated me.
animosity
a feeling of hatred and anger that often makes people behave unpleasantly to each other:
• The animosity between parents who are getting a divorce can often cause great suffering to their children.
abhorrence
formal a deep feeling of hatred towards something that you think is morally wrong or unpleasant:
• the abhorrence of terrorism by all decent people
contempt
a feeling of hate towards someone or something you think does not deserve any respect at all:
• She looked at him with contempt. • I have nothing but contempt for these people.
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verbs
feel hatred
• It was terrifying to know that someone could feel such hatred towards me.
have a hatred of somebody/something
(= hate someone or something very much )
• Gang members have a hatred of the police.
stir up hatred
(= deliberately try to cause arguments or bad feelings between people )
• Right-wing parties tried to stir up hatred and exploit racial tension.
incite hatred
(= deliberately encourage people to hate each other )
• He faces criminal charges for inciting racial hatred.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + hatred
racial/race hatred
• Feelings of racial hatred were drummed into him as a child.
ethnic hatred
• Churches and mosques were burnt as ethnic hatred turned into violence.
religious/sectarian hatred
(= hatred between people who belong to different religious groups )
• The law makes it an offence to stir up religious hatred.
pure hatred
(= complete hatred )
• The child opened her eyes and stared at Juliet with pure hatred.
passionate/intense/deep/bitter hatred
(= hatred that is felt very strongly )
• What, I wondered, had I done to provoke such deep hatred?
be full of/filled with hatred
• She told me, in a voice full of hatred and contempt, that I meant nothing to her.
phrases
feelings of hatred
• She talked about the feelings of hatred she has towards her son’s killer.
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noun ADJ. bitter, deep, intense, passionate, pure, violent She shot him a look of pure hatred. | absolute, implacable | blind, irrational | class, ethnic, racial, religious VERB + HATRED be filled with, be full of, feel, have She was full of hatred and bitterness. He has a deep hatred of the police. | incite, stir up He is accused of stirring up racial hatred. HATRED + VERB flare (up) Hatred flared up inside her. PREP. in/with ~ She stared at it in hatred. | ~ against inciting religious hatred against the Catholic minority | ~ between the intense hatred between the two communities | ~ for I felt no hatred for him. | ~ of his hatred of women | ~ towards their hatred towards the oppressors PHRASES a feeling of hatred
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