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hater

Best crossword clue

"Harsh critic"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈheɪtə(ɹ)/Part of speech nounSorted aehrtStarts with HEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A person who strongly dislikes or harshly criticizes someone or something.

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • In addition to the basic charge that Christians were atheists was the charge that they were also haters of mankind.
  • My book is not to villainize the villainizers, hate the haters, or to demonize the demonizers.

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