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hate someone's guts

hate someone's guts verb: to despise; to hate intensely or passionately.

Verb

hate someone's guts (third-person singular simple present hates someone's guts, present participle hating someone's guts, simple past and past participle hated someone's guts)

  1. (idiomatic) To despise; to hate intensely or passionately.
    • She caught him seeing another woman, and now she hates his guts.
    • “I am so, so sorry, Frank. I took a wrong turn in life. I made a mistake walking out, but I’ve had to live with it. I know I let you down, Frank. I bet you hate my guts.”2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN

Forms of hate someone's guts

third-person singular presenthates someone's guts
present participlehating someone's guts
past participlehated someone's guts
pasthated someone's guts

Questions about hate someone's guts

What does hate someone's guts mean?
Hate someone's guts means to despise; to hate intensely or passionately.
What part of speech is hate someone's guts?
Hate someone's guts is a verb.
What is the past tense of hate someone's guts?
The past tense of hate someone's guts is hated someone's guts.

Words near hate someone's guts in the dictionary

  1. hate mailer
  2. hate mailers
  3. hate music
  4. hate on
  5. hate sex
  6. hate someone's guts
  7. hate speech
  8. hate strike
  9. hate strikes
  10. hate the game, not the player
  11. hate the sin but love the sinner

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