hateful

English

Alternative forms

• hatefull (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheɪtfəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: hate‧ful

Adjective

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

1. Evoking a feeling of hatred.

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

2. Dislikeable.
   • 1682, Thomas Otway, Venice Preserv’d, or, A Plot Discover’d. A Tragedy. […], London: […] Jos[eph] Hindmarsh […], →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 4:

     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. Full of hatred.
4. (metonymic) Bigoted.

Antonyms

• loveful

Derived terms

• hatefully
• hatefulness
• self-hateful
• unhateful

Related terms

• hate
• hatel
• hatred
• hatable

Translations

evoking hatred

• Bulgarian: омразен (bg) (omrazen), ненавистен (bg) (nenavisten)
• Catalan: odiós
• Esperanto: malaminda
• French: odieux (fr)
• Georgian: საძულველი (saʒulveli)
• German: (rare) häßlich (de), gehässig (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ἀπεχθής (apekhthḗs), στυγερός (stugerós)

• Irish: fuafar, gráiniúil

  Middle Irish: fúathmar

• Japanese: 憎い (ja) (nikui), 忌まわしい (ja) (imawashii)
• Kazakh: жеккөрінішті (jekkörınıştı)
• Old English: āfor
• Persian: نفرت انگیز (fa) (nefrat-angiz), هودر (fa) (howdar)
• Polish: nienawistny (pl)
• Russian: ненави́стный (ru) (nenavístnyj)
• Spanish: odioso (es)
• Swedish: förhatlig (sv)
• Turkish: iğrenç (tr), tiksinç (tr), nefret uyandıran
• Ukrainian: нена́висний (nenávysnyj)

dislikable

• Bulgarian: отвратителен (bg) (otvratitelen)
• Finnish: inhottava (fi), vihattava (fi), vastenmielinen (fi)
• Georgian: საძულველი (saʒulveli), საზიზღარი (sazizɣari), საძაგელი (saʒageli)
• Russian: отврати́тельный (ru) (otvratítelʹnyj), омерзи́тельный (ru) (omerzítelʹnyj)
• Spanish: odioso (es), detestable (es)
• Swedish: förhatlig (sv)
• Turkish: iğrenç (tr)

full of hate

• Bulgarian: мразещ (bg) (mrazešt)
• Danish: hadefuld (da)
• Dutch: hatelijk (nl), haatdragend (nl)
• Esperanto: malama
• Finnish: vihantäyteinen (fi)
• French: haineux (fr)
• Georgian: სიძულვილით აღსავსე (siʒulvilit aɣsavse), ზიზღით აღსავსე (zizɣit aɣsavse), ღვარძლიანი (ɣvarʒliani)
• German: hasserfüllt (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: στυγερός (stugerós)

• Polish: nienawistny (pl)
• Russian: по́лный не́нависти (pólnyj nénavisti)
• Spanish: odiador (es)
• 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/, /ˈhat(ə)ful/

Adjective

hateful

1. Disliked, malign, evil, revolting.
2. (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 18 July 2018.