hateful

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hateful

  • /ˈheɪtfəl/

Where it comes from

From Middle English hateful. By surface analysis, hate + -ful.

adjective hatefuller · more hateful · hatefullest · most hateful · hatefull

  1. Evoking a feeling of hatred.

    Similar: odious

  2. Dislikeable. Home I vvould go, / But that my Dores are hatefull to my eyes. / Fill'd and damm'd up vvith gaping Creditors, / VVatchfull as Fovvlers vvhen their Game vvill ſpring; […]
  3. Full of hatred.
  4. metonymically Bigoted.

Opposite: loveful

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: abominable, odious, detestable, spiteful, awful, execrable, nasty, unlovable, mean, hatred, hate, deplorable, repugnant, abhorrent, invidious, loathsome

adjective

Opposite: loveful

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adj evoking hatred

Españolodioso
日本語憎い nikui, 忌まわしい imawashii
Françaisodieux
Deutschhäßlich, gehässig
Русскийненави́стный nenavístnyj

adj dislikable

Españolodioso, detestable
Русскийотврати́тельный otvratítelʹnyj, омерзи́тельный omerzítelʹnyj

adj full of hate

Españolodiador
हिन्दीद्वेषी dveṣī
Françaishaineux
Deutschhasserfüllt
Русскийпо́лный не́нависти pólnyj nénavisti

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@misc{hateful_2026,
  title = {hateful},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hateful},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}