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hateful

adjective

  1. to feel hatred
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈheɪtfəl/

adj

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

  1. Evoking a feeling of hatred.

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

  2. 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; […]

  3. Full of hatred.
  4. Bigoted.