Kilo Lingo

hate

/heɪt/

Line drawing of hate
Coloured illustration of hate
#430 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

To dislike someone or something very strongly.

Word origin

From Old English hatian, the common Germanic verb for feeling strong dislike.

Origin
Old English
Root
hatian

Grammar

Verb typeregular (hate, hates, hated)

Examples

wet.

"Hate" means to dislike something very strongly.

.

"Hates" is the form used with he, she, or it.

.

"Hated" is the past form of "hate".

Add to review queue

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

Go to my review queue

This word is part of lesson 9.