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hateful

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈheɪtfəl/

Definition of hateful

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Evoking a feeling of hatred.
    “1935, Somerset Maugham, "The Voice of the Turtle." « She was hateful, of course, but she was irresistible. »”
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adj

  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. (metonymically)Bigoted.

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Etymology

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

Anagrams of hateful

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