憎悪

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 憎悪(ぞうお) is a noun for intense hatred.
• Basic usage: It describes hatred left by a long dispute or wording that fuels hostility.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Reading and form compared with 憎む
  • The verb 憎む is read にくむ, while the noun naming the feeling, 憎悪, is read ぞうお.
• Harboring and stirring up the feeling
  • 憎悪を抱く means harboring hatred, whereas 憎悪をあおる means inflaming or intensifying it.