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hatred

noun · 2 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈheɪtɹɪd/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈheɪtɹɪd
  • Received-Pronunciation: ˈheɪtɹəd/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪtɹɪd
  • CMU ARPABET: HH EY1 T R AH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A strong aversion; an intense dislike.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hate, antipathy, hostility

Antonyms: love, amity

2

noun

Meaning 2

the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: emotion

Narrower terms: abhorrence, abomination, detestation, execration, loathing, odium, misanthropy, misogamy, misogyny, misogynism, misology, misoneism, misopedia, murderousness, despisal, despising, hostility, enmity, ill will, malevolence, malignity

History

Etymology

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”).

Across languages

Translations

203 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: агәаӷ (agwağ) — strong aversion
  • Afrikaans: haat — strong aversion
  • Albanian: urrejtje — strong aversion
  • Albanian: zët — strong aversion
  • Arabic: بُغْض (buḡḍ) — strong aversion
  • Arabic: كَرَاهِيَة (karāhiya) — strong aversion
  • Arabic: كُرْه (kurh) — strong aversion
  • Arabic: بَغْضَاء (baḡḍāʔ) — strong aversion
  • Arabic: كره (kurh) — strong aversion
  • Arabic: كراهية (karāheya) — strong aversion
  • Arabic: بغض (buḡḍ) — strong aversion
  • Arabic: كره (krəh) — strong aversion
  • Aragonese: odio — strong aversion
  • Aragonese: quimera — strong aversion
  • Armenian: ատելություն (atelutʻyun) — strong aversion
  • Aromanian: urã — strong aversion
  • Assamese: ঘিণ (ghin) — strong aversion
  • Assamese: আখেজ (akhez) — strong aversion
  • Asturian: odiu — strong aversion
  • Azerbaijani: nifrət — strong aversion
  • Basque: herra — strong aversion
  • Basque: gorroto — strong aversion
  • Belarusian: няна́вісць (njanáviscʹ) — strong aversion
  • Belarusian: няна́вісьць (njanávisʹcʹ) — strong aversion
  • Bengali: নফরৎ (nôfrôt) — strong aversion
  • Bengali: আখেজ (akhez) — strong aversion
  • Bengali: ঘেন্না (ghenna) — strong aversion
  • Bengali: ঘিন (ghin) — strong aversion
  • Bengali: ঘৃণা (ghrina) — strong aversion
  • Breton: kas — strong aversion
  • Breton: kasoni — strong aversion
  • Bulgarian: омра́за (omráza) — strong aversion
  • Bulgarian: нена́вист (nenávist) — strong aversion
  • Burmese: ပဋိဃာတ် (pa.ti.ghat) — strong aversion
  • Carpathian Rusyn: ненависть (nenavystʹ) — strong aversion
  • Catalan: odi — strong aversion
  • Chechen: хьаг (ḥrag) — strong aversion
  • Chechen: цабезам (cabezam) — strong aversion
  • Chechen: ачо (ačo) — strong aversion
  • Chechen: гамо (gamo) — strong aversion
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏓᎾᏆᏘᏍᏗ (adanaquatisdi) — strong aversion
  • Chinese Mandarin: 恨 (hèn) — strong aversion
  • Chinese Mandarin: 仇恨 (chóuhèn) — strong aversion
  • Chinese Mandarin: 憎惡 /憎恶 (zēngwù) — strong aversion
  • Chinese Mandarin: 憎恨 (zēnghèn) — strong aversion
  • Chinese Mandarin: 怨恨 (yuànhèn) — strong aversion
  • Chinese Mandarin: 厭惡 /厌恶 (yànwù) — strong aversion
  • Czech: nenávist — strong aversion
  • Czech: zášť — strong aversion
  • Danish: had — strong aversion
  • Dutch: haat — strong aversion
  • Elfdalian: at — strong aversion
  • Esperanto: malamo — strong aversion
  • Estonian: viha — strong aversion
  • Faroese: hatur — strong aversion
  • Fijian: veicati — strong aversion
  • Finnish: viha — strong aversion
  • French: haine — strong aversion
  • Galician: odio — strong aversion
  • Galician: xenreira — strong aversion
  • Georgian: სიძულვილი (siʒulvili) — strong aversion
  • Georgian: მძულვარება (mʒulvareba) — strong aversion
  • Georgian: ზიზღი (zizɣi) — strong aversion
  • German: Hass — strong aversion
  • Gothic: 𐍆𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌸𐍅𐌰 (fijaþwa) — strong aversion
  • Gothic: 𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌸 (neiþ) — strong aversion
  • Greek: μίσος (mísos) — strong aversion
  • Greek: έχθρα (échthra) — strong aversion
  • Greek: απέχθεια (apéchtheia) — strong aversion
  • Ancient Greek: μῖσος (mîsos) — strong aversion
  • Greenlandic: uumissuineq — strong aversion
  • Greenlandic: qinngarsuineq — strong aversion
  • Hawaiian: inaina — strong aversion
  • Hebrew: שִׂנְאָה (sin'á) — strong aversion
  • Hiligaynon: kadúmut — strong aversion
  • Hindi: घृणा (ghŕṇā) — strong aversion
  • Hindi: घिन (ghin) — strong aversion
  • Hindi: दुश्मनी (duśmanī) — strong aversion
  • Hindi: नफ़रत (nafrat) — strong aversion
  • Hungarian: gyűlölet — strong aversion
  • Icelandic: hatur — strong aversion
  • Indonesian: kebencian — strong aversion
  • Interlingua: odio — strong aversion
  • Irish: fuath — strong aversion
  • Irish: gráin — strong aversion
  • Italian: odio — strong aversion
  • Italian: risentimento — strong aversion
  • Japanese: 憎しみ (nikushimi) — strong aversion
  • Japanese: 憎悪 (zōo) — strong aversion
  • Japanese: 嫌悪 (ken'o) — strong aversion
  • Japanese: 厭悪 (en'o) — strong aversion
  • Japanese: 嫌厭 (ken'en) — strong aversion
  • Kazakh: ғадауат (ğadauat) — strong aversion
  • Kazakh: жек көрушілік (jek köruşılık) — strong aversion
  • Khmer: ស្អប់ខ្ពើម (s’ap kpəəm) — strong aversion
  • Khmer: សេចក្ដីស្អប់ (səckdəy s’ɑp) — strong aversion
  • Korean: 증오심 (jeung'osim) — strong aversion
  • Korean: 증오 (jeung'o) — strong aversion
  • Korean: 미움 (mium) — strong aversion
  • Central Kurdish: قین (qîn) — strong aversion
  • Northern Kurdish: kîn — strong aversion
  • Northern Kurdish: nefret — strong aversion
  • Northern Kurdish: kerb — strong aversion
  • Kyrgyz: жек көрүүчүлүк (jek körüücülük) — strong aversion
  • Kyrgyz: жаман көрүүчүлүк (jaman körüücülük) — strong aversion
  • Lao: ເວນ (wēn) — strong aversion
  • Lao: ຄວາມກຽດຊັງ (khuām kīat sang) — strong aversion
  • Latin: odium — strong aversion
  • Latin: invidia — strong aversion
  • Latvian: naids — strong aversion
  • Latvian: ienaids — strong aversion
  • Lithuanian: neapykanta — strong aversion
  • Lombard: odi — strong aversion
  • Low German: Hat — strong aversion
  • Macedonian: омраза (omraza) — strong aversion
  • Malay: benci — strong aversion
  • Malay: kebencian — strong aversion
  • Malayalam: വെറുപ്പ് (veṟuppŭ) — strong aversion
  • Malayalam: വിദ്വേഷം (vidvēṣaṁ) — strong aversion
  • Maltese: mibegħda — strong aversion
  • Maltese: bagħda — strong aversion
  • Māori: mauāhara — strong aversion
  • Māori: ahikauri — strong aversion
  • Marathi: द्वेष (dveṣ) — strong aversion
  • Middle English: hate — strong aversion
  • Middle English: haterede — strong aversion
  • Middle English: hete — strong aversion
  • Mongolian: хорсол (xorsol) — strong aversion
  • Mongolian: занал (zanal) — strong aversion
  • Mongolian: үзэн ядалт (üzen jadalt) — strong aversion
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠣᠷᠤᠰᠤᠯ (qorusul) — strong aversion
  • Mongolian: ᠵᠠᠨᠤᠯ (ǰanul) — strong aversion
  • Mongolian: ᠦᠵᠡᠨ ᠶᠠᠳᠠᠯᠲᠠ (üǰen yadalta) — strong aversion
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hat — strong aversion
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hat — strong aversion
  • Occitan: òdi — strong aversion
  • Church Slavic: ненависть (nenavistĭ) — strong aversion
  • Old East Slavic: ненависть (nenavistĭ) — strong aversion
  • Old English: hete — strong aversion
  • Old Norse: hatr — strong aversion
  • Oromo: jibba — strong aversion
  • Pannonian Rusyn: нєнависц (njenavisc) — strong aversion
  • Pashto: نفرت (nafrát) — strong aversion
  • Iranian Persian: نَفْرَت (nafrat) — strong aversion
  • Iranian Persian: دُشْمَنی (došmani) — strong aversion
  • Plautdietsch: Hot — strong aversion
  • Polish: nienawiść — strong aversion
  • Portuguese: ódio — strong aversion
  • Quechua: chiqniy — strong aversion
  • Romanian: ură — strong aversion
  • Romansh: odi — strong aversion
  • Russian: не́нависть (nénavistʹ) — strong aversion
  • Northern Sami: vašši — strong aversion
  • Sanskrit: द्वेष (dveṣa) — strong aversion
  • Sanskrit: घृणा (ghṛṇā) — strong aversion
  • Scottish Gaelic: gràin — strong aversion
  • Scottish Gaelic: fuath — strong aversion
  • Serbo-Croatian: мр́жња — strong aversion
  • Serbo-Croatian: mŕžnja — strong aversion
  • Slovak: nenávisť — strong aversion
  • Slovak: zášť — strong aversion
  • Slovene: sovraštvo — strong aversion
  • Upper Sorbian: hida — strong aversion
  • Spanish: odio — strong aversion
  • Swahili: chuki — strong aversion
  • Swedish: hat — strong aversion
  • Tagalog: poot — strong aversion
  • Tagalog: muhi — strong aversion
  • Tajik: нафрат (nafrat) — strong aversion
  • Tajik: душманӣ (dušmani) — strong aversion
  • Tamil: வெறுப்பு (veṟuppu) — strong aversion
  • Thai: ความเกลียด (kwaam-glìiat) — strong aversion
  • Thai: ความชัง (kwaam-chang) — strong aversion
  • Tibetan: སྡང་འཛིན (sdang 'dzin) — strong aversion
  • Tibetan: སྡང་ཁྲོ (sdang khro) — strong aversion
  • Tibetan: ཞེ་ལོག (zhe log) — strong aversion
  • Tibetan: ཞེ་འཁོན་པ (zhe 'khon pa) — strong aversion
  • Tocharian B: rser — strong aversion
  • Tocharian B: wer — strong aversion
  • Tok Pisin: pasin birua — strong aversion
  • Turkish: nefret — strong aversion
  • Turkish: iğrenti — strong aversion
  • Turkish: tiksinti — strong aversion
  • Turkmen: ýigrenç — strong aversion
  • Ukrainian: нена́висть (nenávystʹ) — strong aversion
  • Urdu: نَفْرَت (nafrat) — strong aversion
  • Urdu: دُشْمَنی (duśmanī) — strong aversion
  • Urdu: گِھرْنا (ghirnā) — strong aversion
  • Urdu: گِھن (ghin) — strong aversion
  • Uyghur: نەپرەت (nepret) — strong aversion
  • Uzbek: nafratlanish — strong aversion
  • Vietnamese: sự ghét — strong aversion
  • Vietnamese: sự căm thù — strong aversion
  • Walloon: haeyeme — strong aversion
  • Walloon: hinne — strong aversion
  • Welsh: casineb — strong aversion
  • Yiddish: האַס (has) — strong aversion
  • Yiddish: שׂינאה (sine) — strong aversion
  • Yiddish: בייזוויליקײַט (beyzvilikayt) — strong aversion
  • Yiddish: פֿאַראַכטונג (farakhtung) — strong aversion
  • Yiddish: פֿײַנטשאַפֿט (fayntshaft) — strong aversion
  • Zazaki: zeri mendış — strong aversion
  • Zazaki: nefret — strong aversion
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