hate-watch

Syllables: hate·watchUK/ˈheɪt.wɒtʃ/US/ˈheɪt.wɑtʃ/

hate-watch verb: to watch a television program, etc., that one dislikes, for the pleasure one derives from criticizing or making fun of it.

Verb

hate-watch (third-person singular simple present hate-watches, present participle hate-watching, simple past and past participle hate-watched)

(informal, transitive) To watch a television program, etc., that one dislikes, for the pleasure one derives from criticizing or making fun of it.
To watch a sports game of a particular team in hopes of seeing them lose; because of a rivalry or that the loss of that particular team would help another team's standings.
- Among my favorite things about the season is the resounding crunch of stepping on a leaf, wearing pants all the time and the end of hate-watching yet another season of "The Newsroom."2013 September 25, Jonathan Black, “Spice up your life … this fall”, in The Pendulum, volume 39, number 14, Elon, N.C.: Communications Media Board, Elon College, →OCLC, archived from the original on...
- Whether Girls is on your must-see list or that show you love to hate-watch, in some way, no matter how small, it has spoken to your experience as a young woman trying to make it in one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world.2014 February, Laura K. Garrison, “The good, the bad, and the Girls”, in Barnard Bulletin, New York, N.Y.: Barnard College, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2016, page 19

hate-watch (plural hate-watches)

(informal) Such a program.
- Shame seemed to be a common reaction to “Emily in Paris,” which became the hate-watch par excellence of Pandemic Year One, and whose second season arrives Wednesday on Netflix with le nouveau variant Omicron.2021 December 22, Jason Farago, “‘Emily in Paris’ and the City I Thought Was Mine”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

I pretended I hate-watched Sex and the City, when in truth I love it earnestly to the point of being deranged.2014 October 19, Anne Breslaw, “What happens when the chill girl falls in love”, in Cosmopolitan, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Corp., →ISSN...
Granny Tentacles: Ah, this show's pretty good... for me to hate-watch!2023 July 6, Jacob Fleisher, Charlie Jackson, Stephen Herczeg, “Get Off My Lawnie” (10:37 from the start), in Charlotte Jackson, director...

Verb
third-person singular present	hate-watches
present participle	hate-watching
past participle	hate-watched
past	hate-watched
alternative form	hate watch
alternative form	hatewatch
Noun
plural	hate-watches

What does hate-watch mean?: Hate-watch means to watch a television program, etc., that one dislikes, for the pleasure one derives from criticizing or making fun of it.
How do you use hate-watch in a sentence?: I pretended I hate-watched Sex and the City, when in truth I love it earnestly to the point of being deranged.
What part of speech is hate-watch?: Hate-watch can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce hate-watch?: Hate-watch is pronounced /ˈheɪt.wɒtʃ/ (UK).
What is the past tense of hate-watch?: The past tense of hate-watch is hate-watched.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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