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Hater

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hate  (ht)
v. hat·ed, hat·ing, hates
v.tr.
1.
a. To feel hostility or animosity toward.
b. To detest.
2. To feel dislike or distaste for: hates washing dishes.
v.intr.
To feel hatred.
n.
1. Intense animosity or dislike; hatred.
2. An object of detestation or hatred: My pet hate is tardiness.
[Middle English haten, from Old English hatian. N., Middle English, from Old English hete.]
hater n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hater - a person who hates
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
abominator, loather - one who hates or loathes
anglophobe - a person who hates England and everything English
anti-Semite, Jew-baiter - someone who hates and would persecute Jews
Francophobe - a person who hates France and everything French


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Each, in its utmost development, supposes a high degree of intimacy and heart-knowledge; each renders one individual dependent for the food of his affections and spiritual fife upon another: each leaves the passionate lover, or the no less passionate hater, forlorn and desolate by the withdrawal of his subject.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
He was in the clutches of the most notorious of cut-throats--a hater of all Europeans, especially those who wore the uniform of Belgium.
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It was during that period that his bitterness corroded home and he became a hater of all his kind.
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