hateful

English

Alternative forms

hatefull

Etymology

From Middle English hateful; equivalent to hate +‎ -ful.

Adjective

hateful (comparative hatefuller or more hateful, superlative hatefullest or most hateful)

Evoking a feeling of hatred.
Dislikeable.
- 1682, Thomas Otway, Venice Preserv’d, or, A Plot Discover’d. A Tragedy. […], London: Printed for Jos[eph] Hindmarsh […], OCLC 664400715, Act I, scene i, pages 3–4:
  Home I would go, / But that my Dores are hatefull to my eyes. / Fill'd and damm'd up with gaping Creditors, / Watchful as Fowlers when their Game will spring; [...]
Full of hatred.

Antonyms

loveful

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

evoking hatred

Bulgarian: омразен (bg) (omrazen), ненавистен (bg) (nenavisten)
Catalan: odiós
French: odieux (fr) m
German: (rare) häßlich (de), gehässig (de)
Greek:
Ancient: ἀπεχθής (apekhthḗs), στυγερός (stugerós)
Irish: fuafar
Middle Irish: fúathmar

Japanese: 憎い (ja) (nikui), 忌まわしい (imawashii)
Persian: نفرت انگیز‎ (fa) (nefrat-angiz), هودر‎ (fa) (howdar)
Russian: ненави́стный (ru) (nenavístnyj)
Spanish: odioso (es) m, odiosa (es) f
Swedish: förhatlig (sv)
Turkish: iğrenç (tr), tiksinç (tr), nefret uyandıran

dislikable

Bulgarian: отвратителен (bg) (otvratitelen)
Russian: отврати́тельный (ru) (otvratítelʹnyj), омерзи́тельный (ru) (omerzítelʹnyj)

Spanish: odioso (es) m
Swedish: förhatlig (sv)
Turkish: iğrenç (tr)

full of hate

Bulgarian: мразещ (bg) (mrazešt)
Danish: hadefuld (da)
Dutch: hatelijk (nl)
Esperanto: malama
French: haineux (fr)
German: hasserfüllt (de)

Greek:
Ancient: στυγερός (stugerós)
Polish: nienawistny (pl)
Russian: по́лный не́нависти (pólnyj nénavisti)
Swedish: hatisk (sv)
Turkish: nefret dolu

Anagrams

eathful, heatful

Middle English

Alternative forms

haatful, hatefull, hatfull, hatteful, hatful, hatfful, hatefulle

Etymology

From hate +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhaːt(ə)ful/

Adjective

hateful

Disliked, malign, evil, revolting.
(rare, Late Middle English) Hateful, angry, ireful, raging.

Derived terms

hatfully

Descendants

English: hateful

References

“hāteful (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.

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