Hatred

Haughtiness (See ARROGANCE.)

Ahab, Captain

main character whose monomania is an expression of hatred. [Am. Lit.: Moby Dick]

basil flower

flower representing hatred of the other sex. [Flower Symbolism: Jobes, 184]

Bigger Thomas

possesses a pathological hatred of white people. [Am. Lit.: Native Son, Magill I, 643–645]

Claggart

dislikes Billy Budd so that he falsely accuses him of fomenting mutiny. [Am. Lit: Herman Melville Billy Budd]

Esau

despised brother for stealing Isaac’s blessing. [O.T.: Genesis 27:41–42]

Eteocles and Polynices

their hatred extended to the funeral pyre where even their flames would not mingle. [Gk. Myth.: “The Seven Against Thebes” in Bénet, 917]

Feverel, Sir Austin

after wife left him, he became a woman-hater. [Br. Lit.: The Ordeal of Richard Feverel Magill I, 692–695]

Frithiof

kills proud sea-kings, saves a king and queen from death, and defeats her brothers in battle. [Nor. Lit.: Haydn & Fuller, 275]

Grimes, Peter

a community hounds a man to his death. [Br. Opera: Britten, Peter Grimes, Westerman, 536–539]

Medea

legendary sorceress whose hatred came of jealousy. [Gk. Myth.: Payton, 433]

St. John’s wort

indicates animosity. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 177]

Styx

river of aversion. [Br. Lit.: Paradise Lost]

Tulliver, Mr.

instructs children to despise Mr. Wakem. [Br. Lit.: The Mill on the Floss, Magill I, 593–595]

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References in classic literature

He saw and realized the hatred which existed between the two animals and the hideous semblance of a man.

View in context

He argues that hate does not exist in a vacuum in the sense that its expression requires some context, such as a romantic relationship (partner abuse); school (bullying); the workplace (manifested in the form of ethnic/racial prejudice, gender bias or symbolism of hierarchy and subordination); a sports event; road rage; property infringement (hatred towards someone who steals tangible property or intellectual property from you); moral infringement (abortion); hate developed in response to unjust or inequitable treatment by an abusive individual; or hate stemming from frustration and directed toward those who block or are perceived to stand in the way of one's desires or goals.

Cameron, Samuel. The Economics of Hate

The star, the ex-partner of Wales assistant coach Shaun Edwards, said she had "experienced acts of hatred motivated by race" while growing up in West London.

Singer Small hits out over racist attacks

WHISTON-born actress Kym Marsh has spoken out against discrimination and hatred ahead of this year's Holocaust Memorial Day.

Corrie star's message

HATRED of the handicapped is now being classed as similar to hatred of racial difference.

Letter: Your Say - Hate campaigns

"Not Your Father's Anti-Semitism: Hatred of Jews in the 21st Century" is a look at the modern hatred of the people in a time where so many social strides for equality and tolerance have seemingly been made.

Not Your Father's Antisemitism

HAVING been brought up in Belfast and experienced the hatred provoked by religious bigotry, I appreciate how small issues can raise the temperature so quickly.

Teddy Bear bigots not so cuddly; MAN OF THE PEOPLE

Justice Secretary Jack Straw revealed he is making it an offence to incite hatred against gay people.

Anti-gay rappers face ban

THE Government is to make it a crime to incite hatred against gay people, Justice Secretary Jack Straw announced last night.

Gay hate law pledge; BRITAIN/INTERNATIONAL

A controversial new law making it an offence to incite religious hatred will come into force today.

New religious hatred law will still allow free speech

But I have also developed a capacity for hatred that even I find remarkable in its depth, and which is far more serious.

Love and hate, which? What you think and what you do. What you say and what you do. What you feel and how you behave and react. It is my profound belief that Africans are simply unable to sustain anything other than short-term conflict between these mind-body actions