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hated.

Disliked; odious; reviled.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈheɪtɪd/

  1. Disliked; odious; reviled.

    bitterly hated
    much-hated
Where this word comes from

From Middle English hated, from Old English hatod, ġehatod (“hated”, past participle), from Proto-Germanic *hatadaz (“hated”), equivalent to hate + -ed. Cognate with Saterland Frisian haated, hoated (“hated”), Dutch gehaat (“hated”), German Low German haat (“hated”), German gehasst (“hated”), Swedish hatad (“hated”), Icelandic hataður (“hated”).

verb/ˈheɪtɪd/

  1. simple past and past participle of hate

    form-of · participle · past
Where this word comes from

From Middle English hated, from Old English hatod, ġehatod (“hated”, past participle), from Proto-Germanic *hatadaz (“hated”), equivalent to hate + -ed. Cognate with Saterland Frisian haated, hoated (“hated”), Dutch gehaat (“hated”), German Low German haat (“hated”), German gehasst (“hated”), Swedish hatad (“hated”), Icelandic hataður (“hated”).

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