Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
HATE
I. noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hete; akin to Old High German haz hate, Greek kēdos care Date: before 12th century
1. intense hostility and aversion usually deriving from fear, anger, or sense of injury, extreme dislike or antipathy ; loathing , an object of hatred ,
II. verb (hated; hating) Date: before 12th century transitive verb to feel extreme enmity toward , to have a strong aversion to ; find very distasteful , intransitive verb to express or feel extreme enmity or active hostility, hater noun Synonyms: see: hate