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/

• Audio (AU)

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• 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

• despiser

Antonyms

• lover
• fan

Derived terms

• haters gonna hate
• man-hater, manhater
• player hater
• woman hater, woman-hater, womanhater

Translations

Anagrams

• Earth, Erath, Harte, Heart, Herat, Herta, Rathe, Taher, Terah, Thera, earth, heart, rathe, rehat, th'are, thare

Dutch

Etymology

From haten +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦaː.tər/

• Audio

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• 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

• hatere, hatir, hatter, hattir, hatyr, heater, hetter

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

• “hater(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From hat +‎ -er.

Noun

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

1. hater

Derived terms

• kvinnehater

Etymology 2

Verb

hater

1. present of hate

See also

• hatar (Nynorsk)

References

• “hater” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hater.

Pronunciation

Noun

hater m or f by sense (plural haters)

1. hater

   Synonym: opositor

   Antonyms: fã, apoiador, seguidor

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hater.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeiteɾ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈxeiteɾ/
• 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.