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hateful
- 3 dictionary resultshate⋅ful
[heyt-fuh
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–adjective
| 1. | arousing hate or deserving to be hated: the hateful oppression of dictators. |
| 2. | unpleasant; dislikable; distasteful: She found her domestic chores hateful. |
| 3. | full of or expressing hate; malignant; malevolent: a hateful denunciatory speech. |
Related forms:
hate⋅ful⋅ly, adverb
hate⋅ful⋅ness, noun
Synonyms:
1. abominable, execrable, abhorrent, repugnant; invidious, loathsome. 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.
1. abominable, execrable, abhorrent, repugnant; invidious, loathsome. 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.
Antonyms:
1. likable, agreeable; commendable, praiseworthy.
1. likable, agreeable; commendable, praiseworthy.
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| hate·ful (hāt'fəl) adj.
Synonyms: These often interchangeable adjectives describe what elicits or deserves strong dislike, distaste, or revulsion. Hateful refers to what evokes hatred or deep animosity: "No vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude" (Joseph Priestley). |
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Hateful
Hate"ful\, a. 1. Manifesting hate or hatred; malignant; malevolent. [Archaic or R.] And worse than death, to view with hateful eyes His rival's conquest. --Dryden. 2. 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.
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Language Translation for : hateful
Spanish:
odioso, detestable,
German:
haßenswert,
Japanese:
憎むべき
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