Definition of: hate

(hāt) v. hat·ed, hat·ing v.t.
1. To regard with extreme aversion; have great dislike for; detest.
2. To be unwilling; dislike: with a clause or an infinitive as object: I hate doing that.
—v.i.
3. To feel hatred. See synonyms under ABHOR.
—noun
1. Intense aversion; animosity; malignity.
2. A person or thing detested. See synonyms under HATRED. [OE hatian]
—hat′a·ble adjective
—hat′er noun