hatred
Etymology
From Middle English hatrede, hatreden (“hatred”), from hate (“hate”) + -rede (“suffix denoting state or condition”), equivalent to hate + -red; compare sibred, Scots luferent. Related to Icelandic hatri (“hatred”).
noun
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Strong aversion; intense dislike. the very circumstance which renders it so innocent is what chiefly exposes it to the public hatred 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 34It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 8, in The China GovernessFears and hatreds pay no attention to facts. 2000, David Crystal, Language Death
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