hated
Verb
- dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
- put on or wear a hat
- furnish with a hat
- simple past and past participle of hate
Adjective Satellite
- treated with contempt
Adj
- Disliked; odious; reviled.
Examples
- bitterly hated
- much-hated
- universally hated
Origin / Etymology
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”).
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 9
hated: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhated: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hated: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 8
hated: valid Words With Friends Word