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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hate/heɪt/
verb feel intense dislike for or a strong aversion towards. noun
  • 1 intense dislike; strong aversion.
  • 2 informal a disliked person or thing: Richard's pet hate is filling in tax forms.
– derivatives
hatable (also hateable) adjective,
hater noun.
– origin OE hatian (v.), hete (n.), of Gmc origin.



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