come to hate
Frequency: 6.54.8 per million words
To gradually develop a feeling of hatred over time.
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- He came to hate the town, with its narrow prejudices.
- Over the years, she came to hate the constant noise of the city.
- I never thought I would come to hate my job, but the stress became unbearable.
- After the betrayal, he gradually came to hate everyone who had once been his friend.
- They came to hate the system that had failed them so many times.
- She came to hate the place where she had suffered so much.
- As time passed, he came to hate the very sound of her voice.
- The workers came to hate their manager after years of unfair treatment.
- I came to hate the routine that made every day feel the same.
- By the end of the war, many soldiers had come to hate violence itself.