Hatesome

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Marked by hate; displaying or expressing hatred; hateful

    "The floods are drained away, and there is nothing left to me but a parched dullness, more hatesome than ever for my dread of it is eternal."

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"The floods are drained away, and there is nothing left to me but a parched dullness, more hatesome than ever for my dread of it is eternal."

Etymology

From Middle English hatesum, hatsum, equivalent to hate + -some.

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