Collocations for "hate"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "hate" in context.
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hate
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- I hate you
- hate [her, your boss, time-wasters]
- hate [work, school, fish, violence, beer]
- hated the [movie, book, play]
- hate the [idea, thought] of
- hate him [because, for]
- [no, every] reason to hate him
- I hate myself for
- love it or hate it
- hate [studying, reading, running]
- hate being [sick, alone, told off]
- hate to [admit, say] it, but
- hate to [see, think, tell, have]
- hate to break it to you
- hate on [him, the class, the movie]
- [one thing, something] I hate
- [character, people, things] we love to hate
- hate with a passion
- is hated by [many, everyone]
- is hated for his [opinions, ideology, attitude, personality]
- [unfounded, unreasonable, unchecked, intense, irrational] hate
- his (irrational) hate [of, for, towards]
- have a lot of hate for [her, the company, my boss]
- harbor [too, so] much hate for
- have hate for (all) [gay people, politicians, lawyers]
- is [full of, consumed by] hate
- obsess over your hate
- is [too] much hate (in the world)
- hate and [anger, violence, fear]
- let go of your hate
- [expressing, showing] their hate (for)
- UK: her [pet, particular] hates
- US: her pet peeves
- UK: my [pet] hate is [elevator music, people who lie]
- there's a [fine, thin] line between love and hate
- is hate speech
- commit a hate crime
- sent (her) hate mail
'hate' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Caribbean
- I
- Monday
- Sunday
- Swiss
- Swiss cheese
- absolutely
- admit
- advert
- affection
- airport
- alone
- apricot
- arrogant
- artichoke
- aspect
- assignment
- avocado
- away
- bacon
- bald
- barbecue
- bargaining
- bathtub
- beet
- bike
- bloody
- body
- broccoli
- brown
- burst
- celery
- cheesy
- chemistry
- chess
- chocolate
- chore
- clown
- cockroach
- cocktail
- confined
- cool
- cramped
- crime
- crowded
- crust
- curry
- daddy
- debt
- enclosed