Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Intensely disliked or detested: Describes someone or something that is the object of strong aversion, contempt, or loathing. It implies a feeling of hostility or repugnance directed towards the subject.

Usage

• The adjective "hated" is used to describe a person, thing, or concept that is widely or personally despised. It is often used with linking verbs like "be," "feel," or "become."
• It can be used attributively (before a noun) or predicatively (after a linking verb).
• Example: (Attributive use)
• Example: (Predicative use)

Examples

Advanced Usage

• "Much-hated" or "most-hated": These are common compound modifiers used for emphasis.
  • The much-hated tax was eventually repealed.
  • He is often cited as the team's most-hated rival.

Variants and Related Words

• Hate (verb): To feel intense or passionate dislike for someone or something.
  • I hate it when people are late.
• Hateful (adjective): Full of or expressing hate; arousing or deserving of hate.
  • He shouted hateful insults.
• Hater (noun): A person who hates a specified person or thing.
  • Don't listen to the online haters.

Synonyms

• Despised: Looked down upon with scorn or contempt.
• Detested: Regarded with intense and often violent dislike.
• Loathed: Felt intense dislike and disgust for.
• Abhorred: Regarded with horror and repugnance.
• Execrated: Cursed and denounced vehemently.

Antonyms

• Beloved: Dearly loved.
• Adored: Regarded with deep, often rapturous love.
• Cherished: Protected and cared for lovingly; held dear.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• Love to hate: To derive a perverse enjoyment from disliking someone or something intensely, often in the context of entertainment.
  • The character is so over-the-top that audiences love to hate him.
• Hated with a passion: To hate someone or something very intensely.
  • She hated broccoli with a passion.

Adjective

1. treated with contempt