a
: intense hostility and aversion usually deriving from fear, anger, or sense of injury
b
: extreme dislike or disgust : ANTIPATHY, LOATHING
had a great hate of hard work
c
: a systematic and especially politically exploited expression of hatred
a crime motivated by bigotry and hate
—often used before another noun
hate mail
an organization tracking hate groups
see also HATE CRIME
2
: an object of hatred
a generation whose finest hate had been big business
—F. L. Paxson
