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Hateful

//ˈheɪtfəl// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Evoking a feeling of hatred.

    "1935, Somerset Maugham, "The Voice of the Turtle." « She was hateful, of course, but she was irresistible. »"

  2. 2
    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; […]"

  3. 3
    Full of hatred.
  4. 4
    Bigoted. metonymically
Adjective
  1. 1
    evoking or deserving hatred wordnet
  2. 2
    characterized by malice wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English hateful. By surface analysis, hate + -ful.

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