The word "hate" is one of the most powerful words in the English language. It invokes images of cruelty, of brutality, torture, pain, and suffering. Webster's Unabridged defines it as: "1 a : intense hostility toward an object (as an individual) that has frustrated the release of an inner tension (as of a biological nature)" and "b : an habitual emotional attitude in which distaste is coupled with sustained ill will
Yet, despite the intent of the word, it's amazing how authors can take such a powerful word and effectively commute the word "hate" to be more trivial like this: "so pretty she hated to get glasses when she needed them -- John Steinbeck."
