Standard Lemma guide

hated

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈheɪtɪd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪtɪd
  • CMU ARPABET: HH EY1 T AH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: HH EY1 T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Disliked; odious; reviled.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • bitterly hated
  • much-hated
  • universally hated

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of hate

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

treated with contempt

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: despised, detested, scorned

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English hated, from Old English hatod, ġehatod (“hated”, past participle), from Proto-Germanic *hatadaz (“hated”), equivalent to hate + -ed. Cognate with Saterland Frisian haated, hoated (“hated”), Dutch gehaat (“hated”), German Low German haat (“hated”), German gehasst (“hated”), Swedish hatad (“hated”), Icelandic hataður (“hated”).

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُبْغَض (mubḡaḍ) — disliked, odious
  • Arabic: مَكْرُوه (makrūh) — disliked, odious
  • Azerbaijani: mənfur — disliked, odious
  • Azerbaijani: nifrətli — disliked, odious
  • Azerbaijani: nifrət doğuran — disliked, odious
  • Esperanto: malamita — disliked, odious
  • French: détesté — disliked, odious
  • Ancient Greek: στυγερός (stugerós) — disliked, odious
  • Ancient Greek: στυγνός (stugnós) — disliked, odious
  • Sanskrit: घृणित (ghṛṇita) — disliked, odious
  • Swedish: hatad — disliked, odious
  • Turkish: menfur — disliked, odious
  • Turkish: nefret edilen — disliked, odious
  • Turkish: karşı çıkılan — disliked, odious
  • Ukrainian: ненависний (nenavysnyj) — disliked, odious
  • Ukrainian: зненавиджений (znenavydženyj) — disliked, odious
  • Unami: shinkalkwësi — disliked, odious