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hate on

hate on verb: to feel or act spitefully towards.

Verb

hate on (third-person singular simple present hates on, present participle hating on, simple past and past participle hated on)

  1. (informal) To feel or act spitefully towards.
    • I could feel other girls in the room hating on me and my friends with their stares.2012, Stephanie Perry Moore, Keep Jumping/No Hating, page 11
    Synonyms:
    malign, spite

Synonyms of hate on

Forms of hate on

third-person singular presenthates on
present participlehating on
past participlehated on
pasthated on

Questions about hate on

What does hate on mean?
Hate on means to feel or act spitefully towards.
What part of speech is hate on?
Hate on is a verb.
What is the past tense of hate on?
The past tense of hate on is hated on.

Words near hate on in the dictionary

  1. hate is a strong word
  2. hate mail
  3. hate mailer
  4. hate mailers
  5. hate music
  6. hate on
  7. hate sex
  8. hate someone's guts
  9. hate speech
  10. hate strike
  11. hate strikes

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