hateful

English

Alternative forms

hatefull (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈheɪtfəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
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[eph] 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.
(metonymic) Bigoted.

Antonyms

loveful

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

evoking hatred

Bulgarian: омразен (bg) (omrazen), ненавистен (bg) (nenavisten)
Catalan: odiós
Esperanto: malaminda
French: odieux (fr)
Georgian: საძულველი (saʒulveli)
German: (rare) häßlich (de), gehässig (de)
Greek:
Ancient: ἀπεχθής (apekhthḗs), στυγερός (stugerós)
Irish: fuafar, gráiniúil
Middle Irish: fúathmar
Japanese: 憎い (ja) (nikui), 忌まわしい (ja) (imawashii)
Old English: āfor
Persian: نفرت انگیز (fa) (nefrat-angiz), هودر (fa) (howdar)
Polish: nienawistny (pl)
Russian: ненави́стный (ru) (nenavístnyj)
Spanish: odioso (es)
Swedish: förhatlig (sv)
Turkish: iğrenç (tr), tiksinç (tr), nefret uyandıran
Ukrainian: нена́висний (nenávysnyj)

dislikable

Bulgarian: отвратителен (bg) (otvratitelen)
Finnish: inhottava (fi), vihattava (fi), vastenmielinen (fi)
Georgian: საძულველი (saʒulveli), საზიზღარი (sazizɣari), საძაგელი (saʒageli)
Russian: отврати́тельный (ru) (otvratítelʹnyj), омерзи́тельный (ru) (omerzítelʹnyj)
Spanish: odioso (es), detestable (es)
Swedish: förhatlig (sv)
Turkish: iğrenç (tr)

full of hate

Bulgarian: мразещ (bg) (mrazešt)
Danish: hadefuld (da)
Dutch: hatelijk (nl), haatdragend (nl)
Esperanto: malama
Finnish: vihantäyteinen (fi)
French: haineux (fr)
Georgian: სიძულვილით აღსავსე (siʒulvilit aɣsavse), ზიზღით აღსავსე (zizɣit aɣsavse), ღვარძლიანი (ɣvarʒliani)
German: hasserfüllt (de)
Greek:
Ancient: στυγερός (stugerós)
Polish: nienawistny (pl)
Russian: по́лный не́нависти (pólnyj nénavisti)
Swedish: hatisk (sv)
Turkish: nefret dolu

Anagrams

eathful, heatful

Middle English

Alternative forms

haatful, hatefull, hatfull, hatteful, hatful, hatfful, hatefulle

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.

Derived terms

hatfully

Descendants

English: hateful

References

“hāteful, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 July 2018.