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Hate vs Abhorred - What's the difference?

hate | abhorred |

As verbs the difference between hate and abhorred

is that hate is to dislike intensely or greatly while abhorred is past tense of abhor.

As a noun hate

is an object of hatred.

As an adjective abhorred is

strongly disliked: hated, despised.

hate

English

Noun

  • An object of hatred.
    • One of my pet hates is traffic wardens.
  • Hatred.
    • He gave me a look filled with pure hate .
  • (Internet, colloquial) Negative feedback, abusive behaviour.
    • There was a lot of hate in the comments on my vlog about Justin Bieber from his fans.

    Related terms

    * hate crime * hater * hatred

    Verb

    (hat)
  • To dislike intensely or greatly.
    • I hate men who take advantage of women.
  • (slang) To dislike intensely due to envy.
    • Don't be hating my weave, girl, you're just jealous!

    Synonyms

    * abhor * despise * detest * loathe * See also

    Antonyms

    * love

    Anagrams

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    Alternative forms

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    Noun

  • liver (organ of the body)

    • References

    * Van den Berg, Rene (1991). "Preliminary Notes on the Cia-Cia Language," in Excursies in Celebes , pp. 305-324. ----

    abhorred

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (abhor)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Strongly disliked: hated, despised.
  • (obsolete) Horrified.

    • References

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