hated
- 01 B2 Upper Intermediate
describes someone or something that people dislike very much.
describing a person, group, or entity that is the object of widespread or intense detestation.
Simple“The hated tax was finally removed after many people complained to the government.”
In context“The dictator remained a hated figure long after his regime had been dismantled by the revolutionary forces.”
From Middle English hated, from Old English hatod, ġehatod (“hated”, past participle), from Proto-Germanic *hatadaz (“hated”), equivalent to hate + -ed. Cognate with Saterland Frisian haated, hoated (“hated”), Dutch gehaat (“hated”), German Low German haat (“hated”), German gehasst (“hated”), Swedish hatad (“hated”), Icelandic hataður (“hated”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.