Meanings
plural hatefulnesses
- countableuncountableThe characteristic of being hateful.
1 more example
Willie spends his bus money home playing a song to dance to on the jukebox in an effort to comfort Sam, and unlike Hally, who struck out at his old friend when his life began to go wrong, Sam does not pass down Hally's hatefulness, but instead treats Willie with the same gentleness he has shown toward him throughout the play.
1983 December 3, Andrea Loewenstein, “Racism Denounced in a Powerful Play”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 20, page 20
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe quality of being hateful
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Italian odiosità, esecrabilità
- odiositàcharacteristic of being hateful
- esecrabilitàcharacteristic of being hateful
Cite this entry
hatefulness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hatefulness
“hatefulness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hatefulness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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