hatred
part of speech
noun (hatred, uncountable; a hatred of)
meaning for a pupil
1) Hatred is a very strong feeling of disliking someone or something, much stronger than ordinary dislike. tree →
2) A hatred of something is a strong dislike of it: «a hatred of spiders». tree →
sense in the lessons
In ethics, history and citizenship lessons, hatred between groups can lead to bullying, violence and war, and laws forbid stirring up hatred. Religions teach to replace hatred with love and forgiveness. In everyday talk «a hatred of» can be light: a hatred of broccoli. Phrases: «full of hatred», «hatred of», «racial hatred», «love and hatred».
examples
- Hatred can grow if people do not talk to each other. tree →
- He looked at the bully with hatred. tree →
- Martin Luther King said hatred cannot drive out hatred; only love can. tree →
- My sister has a hatred of spiders. tree →
- Laws in many countries forbid spreading hatred against groups of people. tree →
- The story ends with the two families letting go of their hatred. tree →
- Kind words can help stop hatred. tree →
- He cherished an undying hatred towards me, and lost no occasion of showing it. tree →
note
Usually uncountable; «a hatred of» is also used. Related: hate (verb, noun), hateful. Spelling: hat-red, not «hatered». Stronger than «dislike».
In the corpora
- Antisemitism is hatred of Jewish people; it led to the Holocaust, in which about six million Jews were murdered.
- Islamophobia is fear or hatred of Muslims; most Muslims reject violence done in the name of Islam.
- And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him any thing, lying in wait, so that he died;
- Consider how many are mine enemies, and the cruel hatred wherewith they hate me.
- They compassed me about also with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «hatred» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.