hatefulness

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noun

The characteristic of being hateful.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounhatefulness (countable and uncountable, plural hatefulnesses)

plural hatefulnesses

  1. 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
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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