to hate someone or something

These words are all used to describe disliking someone or something very much.

The most common word for this is hate.

Two opposites of hate are love and like. Love is a stronger word than like.

For more opposites of hate, see the articles for love and like.

Detest and loathe are strong words that can be used instead of hate.

Despise is used when you hate someone and have no respect for them, or you hate something because you think it is bad or has no value.

A phrase which means the same as hate is can't stand.

Abhor or deplore are formal words that mean the same as hate when someone hates a way of thinking or behaving.

If you want to say humorously that someone hates something, you can say that the person is allergic to it.

In informal contexts if someone hates another person very much, you can use the phrase hate someone's guts.

• lay at someone's door
• layaway
• layaways
• lay bare
• lay-bare
• lay bare something
• lay bare sth
• lay brother
• lay-brother
• lay-by
• lay-cards-on-the-table
• lay-claim-to
• lay claim to
• lay claim to something
• lay claim to sth
• lay down
• lay-down
• lay down arms
• lay-down-arms
• lay down arms
• lay-down-life
• lay-down-life-for
• lay-down-the-law
• lay down the law
• lay down your arms