hateful Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective evoking or deserving hatred
- no vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude"- Joseph Priestly
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adjective satellite characterized by malice
mean.
- a hateful thing to do
- in a mean mood
WordNet
Hate"ful adjective
Definitions
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Manifesting hate or hatred; malignant; malevolent. Archaic or R.And worse than death, to view with hateful eyes His rival's conquest. Dryden.
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Exciting or deserving great dislike, aversion, or disgust; odious. Unhappy, wretched, hateful day! Shak.
Syn. -- Odious; detestable; abominable; execrable; loathsome; abhorrent; repugnant; malevolent. --Hate"ful*ly , adv. --Hate"ful*ness , n.
