hateful

/ˈheɪtfəl/

adj 4

Collocations

ADJ.

cruel, cruel, cute, disrespectful, lawless, mean, offensive

VERB + HATEFUL

charms, disdained, posted, receiving, said, thought

HATEFUL + NOUN

campus, course, helen, mary, things

PREP.

about, around

ADV.

really, such

Definitions

adj

Evoking a feeling of hatred.

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

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; […]

Full of hatred.

Bigoted.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — characterized by malice

mean

Antonyms

lovable
loveable

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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

Wiktionary

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; […]

Wiktionary

The sight of him is hateful to me.

Tatoeba · #71969

Soon after the end of World War 1, people never thought such a hateful and cruel war would break out again.

Tatoeba · #276045

The sight of him was hateful to her.

Tatoeba · #316499

Sheesh, that Keiko - she's cute or she's hateful, just can't make her out.

Tatoeba · #327168

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