Meanings
comparative hatefuller · comparative more hateful · superlative hatefullest · superlative most hateful · alternative obsolete hatefull
- Dislikeable.
Home I vvould go, / But that my Dores are hatefull to my eyes. / Fill'd and damm'd up vvith gaping Creditors, / VVatchfull as Fovvlers vvhen their Game vvill ſpring; […]
1682, Thomas Otway, Venice Preserv’d, or, A Plot Discover’d. A Tragedy. […], London: […] Jos[eph] Hindmarsh […], →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 4 - Full of hatred.
- metonymicallyBigoted.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveEvoking a feeling of hatred.
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Origin
- Middle Englishhateful
- Englishhateful
From Middle English hateful. By surface analysis, hate + -ful.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀπεχθής, στυγερός
- ἀπεχθής (apekhthḗs)evoking hatred
- στυγερός (stugerós)evoking hatred
- στυγερός (stugerós)full of hate
Bulgarian омразен, ненавистен
- омразен (omrazen)evoking hatred
- ненавистен (nenavisten)evoking hatred
- отвратителен (otvratitelen)dislikable
- мразещ (mrazešt)full of hate
Catalan odiós
- odiósevoking hatred
Danish hadefuld
- hadefuldfull of hate
Dutch hatelijk, haatdragend
- hatelijkfull of hate
- haatdragendfull of hate
Esperanto malaminda, malama
- malamindaevoking hatred
- malamafull of hate
Finnish vastenmielinen, vihaa aiheuttava
- vastenmielinenevoking hatred
- vihaa aiheuttavaevoking hatred
- inhottavadislikable
- vihattavadislikable
- vastenmielinendislikable
- vihantäyteinenfull of hate
French odieux, haineux
- odieuxevoking hatred
- haineuxfull of hate
German häßlich, gehässig
- häßlichevoking hatred
- gehässigevoking hatred
- hasserfülltfull of hate
Hindi द्वेषी
- द्वेषी (dveṣī)full of hate
Irish fuafar, gráiniúil
- fuafarevoking hatred
- gráiniúilevoking hatred
Japanese 憎い, 忌まわしい
- 憎い (nikui)evoking hatred
- 忌まわしい (imawashii)evoking hatred
Persian نفرت انگیز, هودر
- نفرت انگیز (nefrat-angiz)evoking hatred
- هودر (howdar)evoking hatred
Polish nienawistny, nienawistny
- nienawistnyevoking hatred
- nienawistnyfull of hate
Russian ненави́стный, отврати́тельный
- ненави́стный (nenavístnyj)evoking hatred
- отврати́тельный (otvratítelʹnyj)dislikable
- омерзи́тельный (omerzítelʹnyj)dislikable
- по́лный не́нависти (pólnyj nénavisti)full of hate
Spanish odioso, odioso
- odiosoevoking hatred
- odiosodislikable
- detestabledislikable
- odiadorfull of hate
Swedish förhatlig, förhatlig
- förhatligevoking hatred
- förhatligdislikable
- hatiskfull of hate
Turkish iğrenç, tiksinç
- iğrençevoking hatred
- tiksinçevoking hatred
- nefret uyandıranevoking hatred
- iğrençdislikable
- nefret dolufull of hate
Ukrainian нена́висний
- нена́висний (nenávysnyj)evoking hatred
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Cite this entry
hateful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hateful
“hateful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hateful. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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