love-hate

Meanings

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

1. To feel both love and hate (for someone or something), often simultaneously.

Etymology

The adjective is a calque of German Liebe-Hass (now more commonly Hassliebe (“love-hate relationship”)), from Liebe (“love; relationship of love”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to love”)) + Hass (“hate; hatred”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂d- (“anger; hatred”)). The verb is derived from the adjective.