hate-watchable

adjective

Capable of, or suitable for, being hate-watched.

Meanings

adjectivehate-watchable (comparative more hate-watchable, superlative most hate-watchable)

comparative more hate-watchable · superlative most hate-watchable

  1. Capable of, or suitable for, being hate-watched.

    This is the point of connection that makes “The Newsroom” so hate-watchable.

    2013 July 19, Jarrad Saffren, “Aaron Sorkin brings hate-watching to a narrative medium”, in The Daily Orange, Syracuse University
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    The title and the premise make it [The Mob Doctor] sound less hate-watchable than just, y'know, hateable, and there's an undeniable cheese factor that permeates the pilot.

    2012 September 27, Joshua Alston, “As fall shows begin on US TV, here are the ones you'll love to hate-watch”, in The Guardian

    If your hate-watching involves guilt, you are not doing it in the proper spirit. To be fair, this can be confusing: The divisions between hate-watchable TV, camp (delivered with a wink) and guilty pleasures (which generally offer no pretense of quality) can seem razor thin.

    2013 February 24, Christopher Borrelli, “What does hate-watching mean?”, in Chicago Tribune

Origin

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APA

hate-watchable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hate-watchable

MLA

“hate-watchable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hate-watchable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hate-watchable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hate-watchable.

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