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hateful

[heyt-fuhl]

adjective

  1. arousing hate or deserving to be hated.

    the hateful oppression of dictators.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,
    Antonyms: , , ,
  2. unpleasant; dislikable; distasteful.

    She found her domestic chores hateful.

  3. full of or expressing hate malignant; malevolent.

    a hateful denunciatory speech.



hateful

/ ˈɪٴʊ /

adjective

  1. causing or deserving hate; loathsome; detestable

  2. full of or showing hate

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • hatefully adverb
  • hatefulness noun
  • unhateful adjective
  • ˈ󲹳ٱڳܱԱ noun
  • ˈ󲹳ٱڳܱ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hateful1

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; hate, -ful
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Synonym Study

Hateful, obnoxious, odious, offensive refer to something that causes strong dislike or annoyance. Hateful implies actually causing hatred or extremely strong dislike: The sight of him is hateful to me. Obnoxious emphasizes causing annoyance or discomfort by objectionable qualities: His persistence made him seem obnoxious. His piggish manners made him obnoxious to his companions. Odious emphasizes the disagreeable or displeasing: an odious little man; odious servility. Offensive emphasizes the distaste and resentment caused by something that may be either displeasing or insulting: an offensive odor, remark.
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Brian said he’s been unsettled and angered after reading hateful, anti-immigrant comments on social media under the clips that have been posted of his father’s arrest.

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Harvey Weinstein, through his lawyer, is attempting to restore the old, hateful narrative of the ‘casting couch.’

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These are the rationalizations of people who want to hate while denying they are hateful.

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Ms Hatchet posted on X that she had removed "hateful stitching" and called on the trust to "apologise to women immediately".

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In a post to Joss' Facebook, Tristan Kern de Gonzales said the incident was the culmination of years of hateful abuse from neighbors.

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