hatred

Other forms of hatred

plural

hatreds·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hatred

What does hatred mean?

hatred means "the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action".

How many syllables are in hatred?

hatred has 2 syllables: ha-tred. The stress falls on "ha". In IPA it is /ˈheɪtɹəd/.

What is another word for hatred?

Close synonyms include hate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hatred a common word?

hatred is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.