Adore
Adore verb - To feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for.
Usage example: an attentive, solicitous husband who clearly adores his wife
Hate
Hate verb - To dislike strongly.
Usage example: she hates her job, she hates her friends, and she hates her life!
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The people who love it absolutely adore it, while the people who hate it really, really hate it.
Source: Broken Base / Once Upon a Time -
In the Forest Stage section of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, depending on the mask Link wears at the stage, the Deku Scrubs will either adore it, have mixed reviews on it, or hate it.
Source: Produce Pelting - Other than reversing the position of the fandom (many of the sequels fans hate it and many of the original series fans adore it), it didn't exactly change the situation.
Source: Pandering to the Base
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Hate and Adore. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/adore/hate
Adore & Hate. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/adore/hate>.
Hate or Adore. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/adore/hate.
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