Meaning of love-hate | Babel Free

Definitions

Of a relationship: involving feelings of both love and hate, often simultaneously.

not-comparable

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Examples

“The krogan have had a love-hate relationship with varren for millennia, alternately fighting them for territory and embracing them as treasured companions.”

“I loathe reviews in which a critic claims to have love-hate feelings about a work of art. It’s a way of having no opinion at all. But I love and hate “Taipei.””

“Still, the movie [Ralph Breaks the Internet] manages to locate some gentle satire in our culture's love-hate relationship with the internet. At one point, Ralph must attain a certain level of viral popularity, assisted by the BuzzFeed-esque content guru Yesss (Taraji P. Henson), and the movie is savvy about how accidental spikes in fame can turn into cynical algorithm manipulation.”

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