Definition of: hatred

(hā′trid) noun
Bitter dislike or aversion; antipathy; animosity; enmity. Synonyms: abhorrence, anger, animosity, antipathy, aversion, detestation, dislike, enmity, grudge, hate, hostility, malevolence, malice, malignity, odium, rancor, repugnance, resentment, revenge, spite. Repugnance applies to that which one feels when summoned or impelled to do or to endure something from which he instinctively draws back. Aversion is the turning away of the mind or feelings from some person or thing, or from some course of action, etc. Hate, or hatred, as applied to persons, is intense and continued aversion, usually with disposition to injure; anger is sudden and brief, hatred is lingering and enduring. As applied to things, hatred is intense aversion, with desire to destroy or remove; hatred of evil is a righteous passion, akin to abhorrence, but more vehement. Malice involves the active intent to injure; malignity is deep, lingering, and venomous, while often impotent to act; rancor (akin to rancid) is cherished malignity that has soured and festered and is virulent and implacable. Spite is petty malice that delights to inflict stinging pain; grudge is deeper than spite; it is sinister and bitter; resentment always holds itself to be justifiable, but looks less certainly to action than grudge or revenge. Compare ABOMINATION, ANGER, ANTIPATHY, ENMITY, REVENGE. Antonyms: see synonyms for FRIENDSHIP, LOVE.