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English
Etymology
From Middle English hateful, equivalent to hate + -ful.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈheɪtfəl/
- Hyphenation: hate‧ful
Adjective
hateful (comparative hatefuller or more hateful, superlative hatefullest or most hateful)
- Evoking a feeling of hatred.
- Dislikeable.
1682, Thomas Otway, Venice Preserv’d, or, A Plot Discover’d. A Tragedy. , London: Jos 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; […]
- Full of hatred.
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Middle English
Etymology
From hate + -ful.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhaːt(ə)ful/, /ˈhat(ə)ful/
Adjective
hateful
- Disliked, malign, evil, revolting.
- (rare, Late Middle English) Hateful, angry, ireful, raging.
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