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- DictionaryHate·ful/ˈhātfəl/
adjective
- 1. arousing, deserving of, or filled with hatred: "hateful letters of abuse that had come unsigned"
Synonyms for HATEFUL: malicious, vicious, cruel, nasty, spiteful, bad, malevolent, virulent; Antonyms of HATEFUL: loving, benign, benevolent, sympathetic, good, kind, compassionate, warm.
(Definition of hateful from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) hateful | Intermediate English. adjective. us / ˈheɪt·fəl / Add to word list. filled with or causing strong dislike: She said some hateful things about me.
4 days ago · 1. adjective. Someone or something that is hateful is extremely bad or unpleasant . [old-fashioned] I'm sorry. That was a hateful thing to say. 2. adjective. Someone who is hateful hates someone else. These are not necessarily hateful, malicious people. Synonyms: malicious, malevolent, spiteful, hating More Synonyms of hateful.
: intense hostility and aversion usually deriving from fear, anger, or sense of injury. b. : extreme dislike or disgust : antipathy, loathing. had a great hate of hard work. c. : a systematic and especially politically exploited expression of hatred. a crime motivated by bigotry and hate. often used before another noun. hate mail.
adjective. arousing hate or deserving to be hated: the hateful oppression of dictators. unpleasant; dislikable; distasteful: She found her domestic chores hateful. full of or expressing hate malignant; malevolent: a hateful denunciatory speech. See more. Origin of hateful. 1. Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at hate, -ful.
hateful. /ˈheɪtfəl/ IPA guide. Anything hateful has something to do with strong feelings of dislike, whether it's saying something hateful about a person you despise or the hateful practices of a country's oppressive government.
adjective. /ˈheɪtfl/ very unkind or unpleasant. a hateful person/place/face. hateful to somebody I don't understand how people can be so hateful to one another. Extra Examples. Topics Personal qualities c2. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Want to learn more?
