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hatred

noun

  1. deep and emotional extreme dislike
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈheɪtɹɪd/ / /hetɹɪd/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English haterede, hatrede (“hatred”), from hate (“hate”) + -rede (“suffix denoting state or condition”), equivalent to hate + -red; compare sibred, Scots luferent. Related to Icelandic hatur (“hatred”).

  1. A strong aversion; an intense dislike.

    Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, / Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman ſcorn'd.

    the very circumstance which renders it so innocent is what chiefly exposes it to the public hatred