hater

See also: hâter, hatër, and Hater

English

Etymology

From Middle English hatere, equivalent to hate + -er. Compare Old English hetend, hettend (enemy, literally hater). Cognate with Dutch hater (hater), German Hasser, Hässer (hater), Danish hader (hater), Swedish hatare (hater), Icelandic hatari (hater).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈheɪtə(ɹ)/
  • (General American) enPR: hāʹtər, IPA(key): /ˈheɪtɚ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

hater (plural haters)

  1. One who hates.
    • 1976, Harry R. Boer, A Short History of the Early Church, page 46:
      In addition to the basic charge that Christians were atheists was the charge that they were also haters of mankind.
    • 2005, Seldon B. Graham Jr., Why Your Gasoline Prices Are High, page X:
      My book is not to villainize the villainizers, hate the haters, or to demonize the demonizers.
  2. (slang, derogatory) One who expresses unfounded or inappropriate hatred or dislike, particularly if motivated by envy.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Russian: хейтер (xejter)

Translations

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

From haten + -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦaː.tər/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ha‧ter
  • Rhymes: -aːtər

Noun

hater m (plural haters, feminine haatster)

  1. hater (someone who hates)
  2. hater, enemy or criticaster.
    Hater, hater, hou je snater.
    Hater, hater, shut your trap.

Derived terms

  • autohater
  • homohater
  • mannenhater

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

A back-formed singular from Old English hæteru, a plurale tantum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhatər/

Noun

hater (plural hateren or hatres or hater)

  1. A piece of clothing.
  2. A rag; worn clothing.

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From hat + -er.

Noun

hater m (definite singular hateren, indefinite plural hatere, definite plural haterne)

  1. hater
Derived terms

Verb

hater

  1. present of hate

See also

References

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hater.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁej.teʁ/ [ˈheɪ̯.teh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈʁej.teɾ/ [ˈheɪ̯.teɾ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʁej.teʁ/ [ˈχeɪ̯.teχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁej.teɻ/ [ˈheɪ̯.teɻ]

Noun

hater m or f by sense (plural haters)

  1. hater
    Synonym: opositor
    Antonyms: , apoiador, seguidor

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hater.

Noun

hater m (plural hateri)

  1. hater

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hater.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeiteɾ/ [ˈei̯.t̪eɾ]
  • IPA(key): /ˈxeiteɾ/ [ˈxei̯.t̪eɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eiteɾ

Noun

hater m or f by sense (plural haters)

  1. hater
    Synonym: odiador

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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