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hateful
[ heyt-fuhl ]
adjective
the hateful oppression of dictators.
Synonyms: loathsome, invidious, repugnant, abhorrent, execrable, abominable
Antonyms: commendable, praiseworthy, agreeable, likable
- unpleasant; dislikable; distasteful:
She found her domestic chores hateful.
- full of or expressing hate malignant; malevolent:
a hateful denunciatory speech.
hateful
/ ˈheɪtfʊl /
adjective
- causing or deserving hate; loathsome; detestable
- full of or showing hate
Derived Forms
- ˈhatefulness, noun
- ˈhatefully, adverb
Other Words From
- hateful·ly adverb
- hateful·ness noun
- un·hateful adjective
Word History and Origins
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
There is no such thing as speech so hateful or offensive it somehow “justifies” or “legitimizes” the use of violence.
If people could only renounce their hateful ideas, they could learn to love one another.
Would her embrace recognize the decade of hateful touch I had lived through?
“The pro-gay marriage people need to accept that even though we disagree, we are not hateful,” said Brown.
He says, “Why have the Gods made me love a hateful woman” over the body of their dead son.
I guess you are growing up, 17 laughed unconscious Dinah; its hateful and horrid to grow up; I never shall.
Pete, after spewing the last hateful molecule away, reversed his tiny fibre engines, and began to draw in.
Deception, so hateful to her truthful soul, she was compelled to carry on even against her trusting husband.
Oh, if only something, someone would drive away the hateful presence which was following him, surrounding him!
If those who are going to go in for our hateful business only knew what it really was they would sooner be chambermaids.
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