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μίσος

hatred /ˈmi.sos/

nounB1#1481 most common

Also: hate, loathing

Example sentences

Το μίσος είναι άσχημο συναίσθημα.
Hatred is an ugly feeling.
Δεν νιώθω μίσος για σένα.
I don't feel hatred toward you.
Το μίσος τον έκανε βίαιο.
Hatred made him violent.
Ο πόλεμος γεννάει μίσος ανάμεσα στους λαούς.
War breeds hatred among peoples.
Πρέπει να ξεπεράσουμε τα μίση του παρελθόντος.
We must get past the hatreds of the past.
Η ρητορική του μίσους διχάζει την κοινωνία.
Hate speech divides society.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeμίσοςμίση
Genitiveμίσουςμισών
Accusativeμίσοςμίση
Vocativeμίσοςμίση

Word family

μισώto hate
μισητόςhateful, detested
μισάνθρωποςmisanthrope
μισογύνηςmisogynist
έγκλημα μίσουςhate crime

Etymology

μίσος descends from Ancient Greek μῖσος, meaning hatred, and shares its root with the verb μισέω, to hate. The word's origin before Greek is not settled among scholars, so no reliable deeper root can be given. It has stayed in continuous use from antiquity through to Modern Greek with the same core sense.

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