HATER
What does "HATER" mean?
A person who feels or expresses intense dislike, especially one who criticizes others out of envy.
Meanings
- In modern slang, someone who belittles or resents another's success, often online. Ignore the haters and keep posting your art. informal
- A person who hates a specified thing or group. He's an unapologetic hater of pineapple on pizza.
Word origin
From the verb 'hate' (Old English 'hatian') plus the agent suffix '-er'; the envy-driven slang sense rose to prominence through late-1990s and 2000s hip-hop culture.
Remember it
A HATER is just HATE plus 'er', the doer ending - the person who does the hating.
A little poem
He memorized every flaw you wore,
and proved, in studying you, he loved you more.
couplet
Wordplay
- A hater told me I'd never amount to anything. Years of meticulous tracking of my failures - that's borderline a fan club.
What it teaches
The hater pays you the strange compliment of attention; only what matters is worth resenting.
Quick facts
What does HATER mean?
A person who feels or expresses intense dislike, especially one who criticizes others out of envy.
Is HATER a valid word?
Yes — HATER is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is HATER?
HATER has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does HATER come from?
From the verb 'hate' (Old English 'hatian') plus the agent suffix '-er'; the envy-driven slang sense rose to prominence through late-1990s and 2000s hip-hop culture.
What can HATER teach us?
The hater pays you the strange compliment of attention; only what matters is worth resenting.
How players do
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