The Clue
Word before mail or crime (4 letter answer)
The Answer
HATE
Tags
Notes
The answer HATE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.
Related Clues
Abhor
Abominate
Despise
Detestation
Execrate
Loathe
Odium
Pet ___
Venom
Bad feeling?
Bête noire
Bigot's emotion
Can't stand
Dislike intensely
Find awful
Find distasteful
Kind of crime
Kind of mail
Love's antithesis
Misanthrope's word
Not like
Strong antipathy
Bear ill will
Heywood Broun's "Pieces of ___"
Motive for some crime
No fond feeling
___ sheet (bigots' tabloid)
"Unimaginable as ___ in Heav'n": Milton
"Cherish those hearts that ___ thee": Shak.
"Oh, how I ___ to get up . . . "
Definition
HATE as a noun:
1. (hate, hatred) = the emotion of hate; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
HATE as a verb:
1. (hate, detest) = dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards; "I hate Mexican food"; "She detests politicians"