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
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Evoking a feeling of hatred.
Similar: odious
- 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; […]
- Full of hatred.
- 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
Translations
Every language
adj evoking hatred
| Español | odioso |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 憎い nikui, 忌まわしい imawashii |
| Français | odieux |
| Deutsch | häßlich, gehässig |
| Русский | ненави́стный nenavístnyj |
adj dislikable
| Español | odioso, detestable |
|---|---|
| Русский | отврати́тельный otvratítelʹnyj, омерзи́тельный omerzítelʹnyj |
adj full of hate
| Español | odiador |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | द्वेषी dveṣī |
| Français | haineux |
| Deutsch | hasserfüllt |
| Русский | по́лный не́нависти pólnyj nénavisti |
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title = {hateful},
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