hatred
English
Etymology
From Middle English hatrede, hatreden (“hatred”), from hate (“hate”) + -reden (“suffix denoting state or condition”), equivalent to hate + -red; compare lovered. Related to Icelandic hatri (“hatred”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈheɪtɹɪd/
Audio (GA) (file)
Noun
hatred (countable and uncountable, plural hatreds)
- Strong aversion; intense dislike
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.
- the very circumstance which renders it so innocent is what chiefly exposes it to the public hatred
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 8, in The China Governess:
- It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. 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.
- David Crystal
- Fears and hatreds pay no attention to facts.
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.
Usage notes
The noun hatred is not used as a modifier in compound nouns; instead, its synonym hate is used, as, for example, in hate crime.
Translations
strong aversion
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Middle English
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