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hatesome

hatesome adjective: marked by hate; displaying or expressing hatred; hateful.

Adjective

hatesome (comparative more hatesome, superlative most hatesome)

  1. Marked by hate; displaying or expressing hatred; hateful
    • The floods are drained away, and there is nothing left to me but a parched dullness, more hatesome than ever for my dread of it is eternal.2000, Tom Holland, Deliver Us from Evil
    • Davina did a hatesome thing: She turned and flung her braid over her shoulder, swatting Nan Shaw in the face.2009, Liz Curtis Higgs, Grace in Thine Eyes

Forms of hatesome

comparativemore hatesome
superlativemost hatesome

Origin of hatesome

From Middle English hatesum, hatsum, equivalent to hate + -some.

Questions about hatesome

What does hatesome mean?
Hatesome means marked by hate; displaying or expressing hatred; hateful.
What part of speech is hatesome?
Hatesome is an adjective.

Words near hatesome in the dictionary

  1. hatesex
  2. hateship
  3. hateships
  4. hatesite
  5. hatesites
  6. hatesome
  7. hatest
  8. hateth
  9. hatewatch
  10. hatewatched
  11. hatewatcher

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