Dictionary entry

Hateful

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Hate″ful (–fụl), a. 1. Manifesting hate or hatred; malignant; malevolent.

And worse than death, to view with hateful eyes

His rival's conquest. Dryden.

2. Exciting or deserving great dislike, aversion, or disgust; odious.

Unhappy, wretched, hateful day! Shak.

Syn. — Odious; detestable; abominable; execrable; loathsome; abhorrent; repugnant; malevolent.

— Hate″ful‐ly, adv. — Hate″ful‐ness, n.