hatreds
SayHAY-tridz/ˈheɪtɹɪdz/
- 1Plural of hatred.
Centuries of ethnic hatreds resurfaced during the conflict.
The novel traces how private hatreds shape public choices.
Note
A plural that exists because hatred can be counted as well as massed. As the feeling itself it takes no s (years of hatred). Once separate grudges or enmities are meant, it does: ethnic hatreds, old hatreds. Tommi Avicolli and Susan Griffin, writing in 1979, set it beside "prejudices" and "subjective views," and the plural sits naturally in such lists. If you could name the hatreds one by one, use the plural.
hatreds is a form of hatred
hatred, noun: A strong feeling of dislike or aversion toward someone or something. Full entry
- Forms
- hatredhatreds plural
- Spelling
- hatred → hatreds: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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