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self-hate

self-hate
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [self heyt]
    • /sɛlf heɪt/
    • /self heɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [self heyt]
    • /sɛlf heɪt/

Definitions of self-hate word

  • verb with object self-hate to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry. 1
  • verb with object self-hate to be unwilling; dislike: I hate to do it. 1
  • verb without object self-hate to feel intense dislike, or extreme aversion or hostility. 1
  • noun self-hate intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility. 1
  • noun self-hate the object of extreme aversion or hostility. 1
  • adjective self-hate noting or relating to acts that are motivated by hatred, prejudice, or intolerance: a hate crime; a hate group; hate mail. 1

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Origin of self-hate

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English hat(i)en, Old English hatian (v.); cognate with Dutch haten, Old Norse hata, Gothic hatan, German hassen

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Parts of speech for Self-hate

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

self-hate popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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