Hate

v. t. [imp. & p. p. HATED; p. pr. & vb. n. HATING.] [A-S. hatian, O. Sax. hatan, Goth. hatan, hatjan, D. haten, Icel. & Sw. hata, Dan. hade, O. H. Ger. hazēn, hazôn, N. H. Ger. hassen, allied to Lat. odisse, for odisse. Cf. HEINOUS.] To have a great aversion to; to dislike; to be lacking in love toward; to turn away from.

The Roman tyrant was contented to be hated, if he was but feared. Rambler.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son. Prov. xiii. 24.

Synonyms—To HATE, ABHOR, DETEST, ABOMINATE, LOATHE. Hate is the generic word, and implies that one is inflamed with extreme dislike. We abhor what is deeply repugnant to our sensibilities or feelings. We detest what contradicts so utterly our principles and moral sentiments that we feel bound, as it were, to lift up our voice against it. What we abominate does equal violence to our moral and religious sentiments. What we loathe is offensive to our own nature, and excites unmingled disgust. Our Savior is said to have hated the deeds of the Nicolaitans; his language shows that he loathed the lukewarmness of the Laodiceans; he detested the hypocrisy of the Scribes and Pharisees; he abhorred the suggestions of the tempter in the wilderness.