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Oct 31, 2015 · Hi everyone! Are "hate of smth/smb" and "hate for smth/smb" are similar in meaning? E.g:"Living without hate for people is almost impossible" vs "Misotheism is the "hatred of God" or "hatred of the gods". Is there any difference between these two uses? Thanks a lot in advance.
May 28, 2012 · Chinese. May 28, 2012. #1. The textbook says there is a slight difference between the two. For example, I hate driving alone on a long journey. = Driving alone on a long journey is something I don't enjoy. He hates to tell his mother the truth = He prefers lying to his mother. Does it mean that "hate doing" is more close in meaning to "dislike ...
May 23, 2009 · May 24, 2009. #3. I reckon that when hate is used as a noun it's generally a more non-specific, slightly more abstract emotion, whereas hatred is usually directed at something more concrete: My heart is filled with hate for all humanity. His hatred of his wife knew no bounds.
May 22, 2018 · May 22, 2018. #1. Here's a sentence I just made: "I hate * to do * homework because I feel unwell now." (I'd take it to mean "I don't want to do homework...") I wanted to know whether I can change the " to do " to "doing." I think I can't do it because "hate doing" expresses a general dislike of doing homework, which is not what I mean.
Nov 25, 2019 · It is not grammatically wrong to use an object clause as direct object of the verb. When you use 'it' as the direct object, it is just a placeholder for the relative clause that follows. When he does that, I hate. But with 'that' it works: That he does that I hate. -> I think this is grammatical, even though very unidiomatic!
Dec 18, 2008 · I would hate to do that. He would hate to do that. This is essentially the same thing, except it's preceded by conditional "would". "Hate" is in the infinitive in this case. I hate to do this, but... This is an expression that we use to say that you really don't want to do something, but you kind of have to do it, so you're just going to do it ...
Oct 14, 2007 · From Dictionary.com resent:to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.hate:to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
Jan 10, 2012. #5. "I hate to break it to you, but..." tends to occur in humorous or ironic contexts, where "I hate to break it to you, but" prepares the addressee for "bad news", but in fact precedes a trivial statement (e.g. "your zip is undone"). You would not (for instance) say "I hate to break it to you, Algernon; but your dog was run over ...
Apr 5, 2022 · I hate to tell/telling my parents that I haven't made any friends there yet. I have such an explanation of the difference between the meanings of these two versions in my textbook: hate to do means feel bad about what you're about to do, and hate telling means feel bad about what you're doing at the moment. Once again, both versions sound ...
Jul 20, 2012 · The other answers suggested this but did not say outright: To hate is a feeling. To hate on is an action (the actually insulting or taking some other negative action). I think 'hate on' also has a sense of the hater being unjustified or at least having a very personal animosity toward the person. This also works with:
