hate-watch
To watch a television program, etc., that one dislikes, for the pleasure one derives…To watch a television program, etc., that one dislikes, for the pleasure one derives from criticizing or making fun of it.
Meaning
2 senses(informal, transitive)To watch a television program, etc., that one dislikes, for the pleasure one derives from criticizing or making fun of it.
To watch a sports game of a particular team in hopes of seeing them lose; because of a rivalry or that the loss of that particular team would help another team's standings.
Forms
hate-watches, hate-watching, hate-watched, hate-watched| Base form | hate-watch · to hate-watch |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | hate-watches |
| Present participle | hate-watching |
| Past simple | hate-watched |
| Past participle | hate-watched |
regular · Lesson
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.