hateful
Syllables: hate·ful/ˈheɪtfəl/
hateful adjective: evoking a feeling of hatred.
Adjective
hateful (comparative hatefuller or more hateful, superlative hatefullest or most hateful)
- Evoking a feeling of hatred.
- Synonyms:
- odious
- 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; […]1682, Thomas Otway, Venice Preserv’d, or, A Plot Discover’d. A Tragedy. […], London: […] Jos[eph] Hindmarsh […], →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 4
- Full of hatred.
- Bigoted.
hateful meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
hateful in Hindi
- full of hate
- द्वेषी dveṣī
hateful in Tamil
- வெறுக்கத்தக்கது, வெறுப்பானது
hateful in Marathi
- द्वेषयुक्त
hateful in Urdu
- مکروہ, پرنفرت
More languagesFewer languages
- hateful in Bengali
- বিদ্বেষপূর্ণ, ঘৃণাপূর্ণ
- hateful in Telugu
- ద్వేషపూరితమైనది, ద్వేషపూరిత
- hateful in Malayalam
- നിന്ദ്യ, അസഹ്യമായ, വിരോധമുള്ള
- hateful in Kannada
- ದ್ವೇಷಪೂರಿತ, ದ್ವೇಷಪೂರಿತವಾಗಿದೆ, ದ್ವೇಷಪೂರಿತವಾದದ್ದು
- hateful in Gujarati
- દ્વેષપૂર્ણ, નફરતભર્યા
- hateful in Odia
- ଘୃଣ୍ଯ଼
- hateful in Persian
- نفرت انگیز nefrat-angiz, هودر howdar
Examples of hateful in a sentence
- To be hateful of the truth by design.
- His ignorance, insecurity, hateful soul and lack of honest experienced associates make him incapable of success.
- Eventually he asked them to “go somewhere else with your negative, hateful, blackhearted and useless souls.”
Synonyms of hateful
Antonyms
Forms of hateful
| comparative | hatefuller |
|---|---|
| comparative | more hateful |
| superlative | hatefullest |
| superlative | most hateful |
| alternative form (obsolete) | hatefull |
Origin of hateful
From Middle English hateful. By surface analysis, hate + -ful.
Words formed from hateful
Questions about hateful
- What does hateful mean?
- Hateful means evoking a feeling of hatred.
- What is hateful in Hindi?
- Hateful in Hindi is द्वेषी (dveṣī). See Hateful meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hateful?
- Hateful is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce hateful?
- Hateful is pronounced /ˈheɪtfəl/.
Words near hateful in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hateful (page history and authors); hateful (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hateful (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hateful (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hateful (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hateful (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hateful (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hateful (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hateful (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hateful (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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