love-hate
UK /ˌlʌvˈheɪt/ US /ˌlʌvˈheɪt/
adj 1verb 1
Definitions
adj
1
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
1
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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