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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. evoking or deserving hatred;
- Example: "no vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude"- Joseph Priestly

2. characterized by malice;
- Example: "a hateful thing to do"
- Example: "in a mean mood"
[syn: hateful, mean]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hateful \Hate"ful\ (-f[.u]l), a.
   1. Manifesting hate or hatred; malignant; malevolent.
      [Archaic or R.]
      [1913 Webster]

            And worse than death, to view with hateful eyes
            His rival's conquest.                 --Dryden.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Exciting or deserving great dislike, aversion, or disgust;
      odious.
      [1913 Webster]

            Unhappy, wretched, hateful day!       --Shak.

   Syn: Odious; detestable; abominable; execrable; loathsome;
        abhorrent; repugnant; malevolent. -- Hate"ful*ly, adv.
        -- Hate"ful*ness, n.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hateful
    adj 1: evoking or deserving hatred; "no vice is universally as
           hateful as ingratitude"- Joseph Priestly [ant: lovable,
           loveable]
    2: characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean
       mood" [syn: hateful, mean]