hatred
UK/ˈheɪtɹɪd/ˈheɪtɹɪd/
hatred noun: a strong aversion; an intense dislike.
Noun
hatred (countable and uncountable, plural hatreds)
- A strong aversion; an intense dislike.
- Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, / Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman ſcorn'd.1697, [William] Congreve, The Mourning Bride, a Tragedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, page 39
- the very circumstance which renders it so innocent is what chiefly exposes it to the public hatred1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 34
hatred meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
hatred in Hindi
- strong aversion
- घृणा ghŕṇā, घिन ghin, दुश्मनी duśmanī, नफ़रत nafrat
hatred in Tamil
- strong aversion
- வெறுப்பு veṟuppu
hatred in Marathi
- strong aversion
- द्वेष dveṣ
hatred in Urdu
- strong aversion
- نَفْرَت nafrat, دُشْمَنی duśmanī, گِھرْنا ghirnā, گِھن ghin
More languagesFewer languages
- hatred in Bengali
- নফরৎ nôfrôt, আখেজ akhez, ঘেন্না ghenna, ঘিন ghin
- hatred in Telugu
- విద్వేషం
- hatred in Malayalam
- വെറുപ്പ് veṟuppŭ, വിദ്വേഷം vidvēṣaṁ
- hatred in Kannada
- ದ್ವೇಷ dvēṣa, ಹೇವ hēva
- hatred in Punjabi
- ਘਿਰਨਾ ghirnā
- hatred in Gujarati
- નફરત naphrat
- hatred in Sanskrit
- द्वेष dveṣa, घृणा ghṛṇā
- hatred in Assamese
- ঘিণ ghin, আখেজ akhez
- hatred in Pashto
- نفرت nafrát
- hatred in Tagalog
- poot, muhi
- hatred in Arabic
- بُغْض buḡḍ, كَرَاهِيَة karāhiya, كُرْه kurh, بَغْضَاء baḡḍāʔ
- hatred in Malay
- benci, kebencian
- hatred in Indonesian
- kebencian
- hatred in Thai
- ความเกลียด kwaam-glìiat, ความชัง kwaam-chang
- hatred in Vietnamese
- sự ghét, sự căm thù
- hatred in Myanmar
- ပဋိဃာတ် pa.ti.ghat
Examples of hatred in a sentence
- There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 8, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- Fears and hatreds pay no attention to facts.2000, David Crystal, Language Death:
Synonyms of hatred
Antonyms
Forms of hatred
| plural | hatreds |
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Origin of hatred
From Middle English haterede, hatrede (“hatred”), from hate (“hate”) + -rede (“suffix denoting state or condition”), equivalent to hate + -red; compare sibred, Scots luferent. Related to Icelandic hatur (“hatred”).
Words formed from hatred
Phrases with hatred
Questions about hatred
- What does hatred mean?
- Hatred means a strong aversion; an intense dislike.
- What is hatred in Hindi?
- Hatred in Hindi is घृणा (ghŕṇā), घिन (ghin), दुश्मनी (duśmanī). See Hatred meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use hatred in a sentence?
- There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.
- What part of speech is hatred?
- Hatred is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hatred?
- Hatred is pronounced /ˈheɪtɹɪd/ (US).
- What is the plural of hatred?
- The plural of hatred is hatreds.
Words near hatred in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hatred (page history and authors); hatred (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ದ್ವೇಷ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਘਿਰਨਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); નફરત (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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