hateful

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈheɪtfəl/ UK /ˈheɪtfəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
arousing or deserving hatred; full of malice

The crowd recoiled at his hateful remarks about the refugees.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · arousing or deserving... odious detestable loathsome abhorrent malicious spiteful

Opposites

lovable amiable delightful kind benevolent

Word family

Forms hatefully

Derived forms hatefullyhatefulness

Related forms hate hatred

Etymology

From Middle English hateful, from hate plus -ful; hate comes from Old English hete and hatian, from Proto-Germanic *hataz ('hatred').

hete Old English *hataz Proto-Germanic

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# hateful

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈheɪtfəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈheɪtfəl/

## Meanings
1. arousing or deserving hatred; full of malice

## Examples
- The crowd recoiled at his hateful remarks about the refugees.

## Synonyms
- odious
- detestable
- loathsome
- abhorrent
- malicious
- spiteful

## Antonyms
- lovable
- amiable
- delightful
- kind
- benevolent

## Derived Forms
- hatefully
- hatefulness

## Related Forms
- hate
- hatred

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: hete
- Root: *hataz

## Etymology
From Middle English hateful, from hate plus -ful; hate comes from Old English hete and hatian, from Proto-Germanic *hataz ('hatred').

## AI Etymology
Hateful comes from Middle English hateful, from hate plus -ful; hate comes from Old English hete and hatian, from Proto-Germanic *hataz ('hatred'). The etymological trail includes Old English hete and Proto-Germanic *hataz. As an adjective, hateful describes what is arousing or deserving hatred; full of malice. The same family is visible in derived forms such as hatefully and hatefulness and related forms such as hate and hatred.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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