What does hateful mean?
Definitions for hateful
ˈheɪt fəlhate·ful
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word hateful.
Princeton's WordNet
hatefuladjective
evoking or deserving hatred
"no vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude"- Joseph Priestly
hateful, meanadjective
characterized by malice
"a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood"
Wiktionary
hatefuladjective
Evoking a feeling of hatred.
hatefuladjective
Dislikeable.
hatefuladjective
Full of hate.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Hatefuladjective
Etymology: hate and full.
My name’s Macbeth.
—— The devil himself could not pronounce a title
More hateful to mine ear. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.There is no vice more hateful to God and man than ingratitude. Henry Peacham.
What owe I to his commands
Who hates me, and hath hither thrust me down,
To sit in hateful office here confin’d,
Inhabitant of heav’n, and heav’nly born? John Milton, Par. Lost.I hear the tread
Of hateful steps: I must be viewless now. John Milton.But Umbriel, hateful gnome! forbears not so;
He breaks the vial whence the sorrows flow. Alexander Pope.Palamon, compell’d
No more to try the fortune of the field;
And, worse than death, to view with hateful eyes
His rival’s conquest, and renounce the prize. Dryden.
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hateful
Hateful refers to something that is causing or expressing intense dislike, disgust, or distaste. It characterizes extreme hostility, ill will, or malevolence towards someone or something.
Webster Dictionary
Hatefuladjective
manifesting hate or hatred; malignant; malevolent
Hatefuladjective
exciting or deserving great dislike, aversion, or disgust; odious
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hateful in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hateful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of hateful in a Sentence
The City of Laramie will remain watchful for and vigilant against any other use of hateful Nazi symbols or propaganda, our community has been touched by hate before and we will not stand for it again.
Chick-fil-A is a hateful company, i don’t know how you sleep at night.
I have never heard or read anything that impacted me so much to think,' My goodness, there are just such hateful people,' this really shocked us.
Euripides, Alcestis, 438 B.C.:
A second wifeis hateful to the children of the first;a viper is not more hateful.
**I, RAS CARDO WILL SAY THIS TRUTH:ANY WHITE OR BLACK PERSON WHO WILL LOOK AT ANOTHER -HUMAN BEING- AND SAY THAT BEING IS A-NOBODY- IS TELLING THE WORLD THAT HE WHO SPEAKS IT IS -A SOMEBODY. THIS LIKE THE--N- WORD IS ONE OF THE MOST DENIGRATING AND HATEFUL REMARKS ANYONE COULD MAKE. THIS WAS THE SAME WORDS THAT-CHRIS BLACKWELL OF ISLAND RECORDS OPENLY SAID IN MEDIA ABOUT US FROM TRENCH TOWN.
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