hatred

From Middle English hatrede, hatreden (“hatred”), from hate (“hate”) + -reden (“suffix denoting state or condition”), equivalent to hate +‎ -red; compare lovered. Related to Icelandic hatri (“hatred”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈheɪtɹɪd/

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hatred (countable and uncountable, plural hatreds)

1. Strong aversion; intense dislike
   • 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.

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

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 8, in The China Governess‎:

     It 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.

   • David Crystal

     Fears and hatreds pay no attention to facts.

The noun hatred is not used as a modifier in compound nouns; instead, its synonym hate is used, as, for example, in hate crime.

• hate
• antipathy
• hostility

• love
• amity

• hate
• hateful
• disgust

• Dehart, dareth, dearth, hetdar, thread

hatred

1. Alternative form of hatrede