love-hate
Collocations
4ADJ.
developed, kind, old, special
VERB + LOVE-HATE
claims
LOVE-HATE + NOUN
chocolate, computers, feelings, parents, relationship, relationships, stance, varren
PREP.
about, between, in, with
Definitions
adj
Of a relationship: involving feelings of both love and hate, often simultaneously.
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.”
verb
To feel both love and hate (for someone or something), often simultaneously.
[…]Eric got to act out his resentment while also hating himself, really love-hating himself, and he got to do it while masquerading as a warrior for the less fortunate!
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6The krogan have had a love-hate relationship with varren for millennia, alternately fighting them for territory and embracing them as treasured companions.
WiktionaryI 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.”
WiktionaryStill, 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 po
Wiktionary[…]Eric got to act out his resentment while also hating himself, really love-hating himself, and he got to do it while masquerading as a warrior for the less fortunate!
WiktionaryFreud developed the love-hate relationship between parents and child as the Oedipus complex.
Tatoeba · #329123Lao Gan Ma and I have a love-hate relationship.
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