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meanness, spite, spitefulness; aversion, disgust, distaste, horror, odium, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion; animosity, antagonism, antipathy, bitterness, contempt, disdain, enmity, grudge, hostility, jealousy, pique, resentment, scorn; bile, jaundice, rancor, spleen, venom, virulence, vitriol

Antonyms

affection, love, devotion, fondness

[2] abhorrence, abomination, anathema, antipathy, aversion, bête noire; also dread, hang-up, horror, phobia; bogey, bugaboo, bugbear; enemy, adversary; annoyance, grievance, hassle, nuisance, peeve

Antonyms

love

2hate verb hat·ed; hat·ing 1 : to express or feel extreme enmity

2 : to find distasteful

— hat·er noun

Synonyms

abhor, abominate, despise, detest, execrate, loathe; also deplore, deprecate, disapprove (of), discountenance, disdain, disfavor, scorn

Antonyms

love

hate·ful adjective : full of hate : MALICIOUS

Synonyms

catty, cruel, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful, virulent; also devious, scurvy; acrimonious, bitter, envious, jaundiced, jealous, rancorous, resentful; contemptuous, deprecating, disdainful, obnoxious, opprobrious, scornful, snide, unkind, unkindly, unloving; baleful, baneful, evil; harsh, hostile, inimical; acrid, caustic, scathing, venomous

Antonyms

benevolent, benign, benignant, loving, unmalicious

hate·ful·ly adverb : in a hateful manner

Synonyms

maliciously, meanly, nastily, spitefully, viciously, wickedly—more at NASTILY

hate·ful·ness noun : the quality or state of being hateful

Synonyms

cattiness, despite, malice, malignity, meanness, nastiness, spite, spleen, venom, viciousness—more at MALICE

ha·tred noun : intense hostility and aversion : HATE; also : prejudiced hostility or animosity

Synonyms

abhorrence, abomination, execration, hate, loathing—more at HATE

hat·ter noun : one that makes, sells, or cleans and repairs hats

hau·berk noun : a coat of mail

haugh·ti·ness noun : the quality or state of being haughty

Synonyms

arrogance, loftiness, pretense, pretension, pretentiousness, self-importance, superiority—more at ARROGANCE

haugh·ty adjective haugh·ti·er; -est [ORIGIN: obs. haught, fr. ME haute, fr. AF halt, haut, lit., high, fr. L altus]

: disdainfully proud

— haugh·ti·ly adverb

Synonyms

disdainful, highfalutin, lofty, lordly, prideful, proud, superior—more at PROUD

1haul verb 1 : to exert traction on : DRAW, PULL

2 : to furnish transportation : CART

— haul·er noun

Synonyms

[1] drag, draw, hale, lug, pull, tow, tug—more at PULL

[2] bear, carry, cart, convey, ferry, lug, pack, tote, transport—more at CARRY

2haul noun 1 : the act or process of hauling : PULL, TUG

2 : the result of an effort to obtain, collect, or win

3 a : the length or course of a transportation route

b : a quantity transported : LOAD

Synonyms

[2] catch, take, yield; also bag; earnings, gain, gross, income, net, payoff, proceeds, profit, receipts, return, revenue, winnings; booty, loot, spoils, plunder, swag; appropriation, collection

[3b] burden, cargo, draft, freight, lading, load, payload, weight—more at LOAD

haul·age noun 1 : the act or process of hauling

2 : a charge for hauling

haunch noun 1 : 2HIP 1

2 : HINDQUARTER 2 — usu. used in pl.

3 : HINDQUARTER 1

1haunt verb 1 : to visit often : FREQUENT

2 : to have a disquieting effect on; also : to reappear continually in

3 : to visit or inhabit as a ghost

— haunt·er noun

Synonyms

frequent, hang around, hang out, resort, visit—more at FREQUENT

haunting adjective : having a disquieting effect

— haunt·ing·ly adverb

Synonyms

creepy, eerie, spooky, uncanny, unearthly, weird—more at EERIE

2haunt noun 1 : a place habitually frequented

2 chiefly dialect : GHOST

Synonyms

hangout, rendezvous, resort—more at HANGOUT

haute cou·ture noun [ORIGIN: F]

: the establishments or designers that create exclusive and often trend-setting fashions for women; also : the fashions created

haute cui·sine noun : artful or elaborate cuisine

hau·teur noun : ARROGANCE, HAUGHTINESS