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Definition: Hateful |
HatefulAdjective1. Evoking or deserving hatred; "no vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude"- Joseph Priestly. 2. Characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "hateful" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Synonym: HatefulSynonym: mean (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: lovable (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Hate | Obnoxious, hateful, odious, abominable, repulsive, offensive, shocking; disgusting; (disagreeable); reprehensible. |
Excite hatred, provoke hatred; Noun: be hateful; Adjective: stink in the nostrils; estrange, alienate, repel, set against, sow dissension, set by the ears, envenom, incense, irritate, rile; horrify; roil. | |
Inexpedience | Evil, wrong; depraved; shocking; reprehensible; (disapprove). hateful, hateful as a toad; abominable, detestable, execrable, cursed, accursed, confounded; damned, damnable; infernal; diabolic; (malevolent). |
Pain | Odious, hateful, execrable, repulsive, repellent, abhorrent; horrid, horrible, horrific, horrifying; offensive. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Hateful |
| English words defined with "hateful": abominably ♦ detestably ♦ hatefully, hatefulness, Hatel ♦ Inodiate ♦ mean ♦ objectionableness, obnoxiousness, Odible, odiously ♦ repulsively ♦ Wlatsome. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "hateful": Pleasure. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You're just saying that to be hateful! (Driving Miss Daisy; writing credit: Alfred Uhry) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Hateful God (1913) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people. |
Homer | Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | In the French revolution of July 1830, and in the English reform agitation, these aristocracies again succumbed to the hateful upstart. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | The disguise, equivocation, mystery, so hateful to her to practise, might soon be over |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | That was hateful. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | But the most hateful sight of all was the lice crawling on their clothes |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Children | Bosnia and Herzegovina | So-called national subjects (language, history and music) were still taught separately in afternoon classes, but materials that could be hateful or offensive to others were eliminated. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | PLEASURE, n. The least hateful form of dejection. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Warren G. Harding | 1921-1923 | While it uncovered our portion of hateful selfishness at home, it also revealed the heart of America as sound and fearless, and beating in confidence unfailing. |
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| "Hateful" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.09% of the time. "Hateful" is used about 110 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.09% | 109 | 31,132 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.91% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 110 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "hateful": become hateful ♦ hateful person. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
hateful poem | 9 |
hateful quote | 8 |
chris hateful | 7 |
hateful | 5 |
hateful people | 4 |
card e hateful | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "hateful"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | urryes, i urryer (confounded, cursed, foul, heinous, horrible, invidious, loathful, loathsome), i urrejtshëm (odious). (various references) | |
Arabic | كريه (abhorrent, abominable, accursed, atrocious, bad, brackish, cursed, detestable, disagreeable, distasteful, foul, frightful, horrible, loathsome, nasty, objectionable, odious, offensive, out of favor, out of favour, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, seamy, sickening, sour, ugly, unattractive, unpleasant, unwholesome, wicked), مفعم بالكرة, مكروه (abhorrent, adversity, detestable, discomfort, misfortune, obnoxious, odious, ugly), حقود (ill-wisher, malicious, malignant, rancorous, revengeful, spiteful, venomous), بغيض (abominable, accursed, antipathetic, beastly, blasted, cursed, damned, detestable, distasteful, dreadful, forbidding, frightful, horrid, impossible, nasty, noxious, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, out of favor, out of favour, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, sticky, ungrateful, unhappy, unlikely, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsavory, unsavoury, unwelcome, villainous). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | отвратителен (abhorrent, abominable, accursed, accurst, atrocious, awful, beastly, bestial, carrion, creepy, cursed, damnable, detestable, disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, execrable, foul, fulsome, gruesome, heinous, hideous, horrible, ill-favored, ill-favoured, infamous, loathsome, lousy, miserable, morbid, nasty, nauseous, noisome, odious, offensive, punk, putrid, rank, repellent, revolting, rotten, septic, shocking, sickening, ugly, unholy, unsavory, unsavoury, unspeakable, villainous, wicked), омразен (abhorrent, abominable, accursed, accurst, detestable, obnoxious, odious), ненавистен (odious). (various references) | |
Chinese | 可恶, 可恨 . (various references) | |
Czech | hrozný (abysmal, appalling, atrocious, awful, damnable, dire, dreadful, excruciating, fearful, fearsome, formidable, frightful, ghastly, grim, hellish, horrible, mortal, terrible, terrific, tremendous), protivný (aggravating, beastly, bitchy, disagreeable, horrid, irksome, lousy, molestful, nasty, noisome, obnoxious, odious), otřesný (appalling, atrocious, awful, fearful, fiendish, ghastly, harrowing, staggering, ugly, villainous), odporný (abhorrent, abominable, bad, detestable, disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, foul, horrible, loathsome, nasty, nauseous, noisome, obnoxious, odious, offensive, queasy, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, sickening, stinking, unsavory, verminous, vile), nenávistný (venomous). (various references) | |
Farsi | منفور (Cussed, Loathloth, Obnoxious, Outcast, Scurvy, Ungracious, Unpopular). (various references) | |
Finnish | vihattava (detestable, odious). (various references) | |
French | odieux (hated). (various references) | |
German | hassenswert (detestable, odious), hässlich (hideous, mean, nastily, nasty, putrid, toady, uglily, ugly, unsightly), verhasst (hated, loathsome, odious, odiously), verhaßt (accursed, accurst, hated, hatefully, invidiously, odious, odiously), unausstehlich (insufferable, insupportably, intolerable, intolerably, obnoxious, obnoxiously, unbearable), abscheulich (abhorrent, abominable, abominably, atrocious, awful, bloody, damnable, damnably, detestable, detestably, execrable, execrably, execrative, flagrant, flagrantly, heinous, heinously, hideous, horrendous, horrendously, horrible, horribly, loathsome, mean, monstrous, nasty, obnoxious, odious, outrageous, outrageously, putrid, repulsive, revolting, terrible, terribly, vile). (various references) | |
Greek | μισητόσ (abhorrent, abominable, detestable, hated, invidious, obnoxious, odious). (various references) | |
Hebrew | תעב (abhorred, abominable, detestable, foul, gruesome, loathsome, obnoxious, odious, vile). (various references) | |
Hungarian | förtelmes (abominable, disgusting, heinous, hideous). (various references) | |
Indonesian | dibenci. (various references) | |
Italian | odioso (accursed, cursed, detestable, hated, heinous, hideous, horrid, invidious, obnoxious, odious, unpleasant). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 憎い (abominable, detestable, poor-looking), 憎らしい (odious). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | うらめしい (bitter, reproachful), にくにくしい (detestable, loathsome), にくい (abominable, detestable, difficult, hard, poor-looking), にくらしい (odious), にく' (spiteful). (various references) | |
Korean | 증오하". (various references) | |
Manx | feohdoil (abhorrent, disgusting, horrid, invidious, loathsome), feohdagh (abhorrent, abominable, execrable, filthy, nauseous), dwoaieagh (abominable, detestable, hated, vile). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | atefulhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | odioso (abject, accursed, damnable, heinous, invidious, loathful, loathsome, nasty, odious, rancorous), detestvel, abominvel (heinous, infamous). (various references) | |
Romanian | urât (abominable, bad, badly, boredom, dirty, ennui, filthy, foul, haggish, hideous, ill-featured, little, low, megrim, naughty, opprobrious, sour, squalid, tedium, ugly, unbecoming, unfairly, unsightly, vicious, villainous, wicked), scârbavnic (disgusting, loathing), odios (detestable, foul, odious, odiously, repulsive), execrabil (execrable, infamous), detestabil (accursed, detestable, execrable, foul, loathsome, odious, odiously), abominabil (abominable, abominably, detestable, dire, execrable, horrible). (various references) | |
Russian | ненавистный (accurst, hated, invidious, odious). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | mrzak (abhorrent, detestable, heinous, loath, loathful, loth, obnoxious, odious). (various references) | |
Spanish | odioso (abhorrent, abject, abominable, accursed, accurst, despiteful, detestable, hated, invidious, obnoxious, odious, poisonous). (various references) | |
Swedish | hätsk (bitter, ill natured, invidious, rancorous, spiteful), förhatlig (invidious, odious). (various references) | |
Thai | ซึ่งมีเจตนาร้าย. (various references) | |
Turkish | nefret uyandıran (abhorrent, detestable, disgusting, hatable, hateable, loathsome), nefret dolu, iğrenç (abhorrent, abominable, accursed, accurst, cloying, crying, damn, damned, detestable, dirty, disgusting, distasteful, dread, dreadfull, execrable, filthy, foul, frightful, ghoulish, god-awful, grievous, hatable, hateable, heinous, hideous, horrible, horrid, infernal, loathsome, lousy, mangy, mawkish, nasty, nauseous, noisome, obnoxious, odious, offensive, putrid, rancid, rank, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, scummy, shocking, sick, sickening, sickly, slimy, squirmy, stinking, ugly, vile, villainous, yuck). (various references) | |
Turkmen | яygrenз, яigrenji (disgusting, repugnant). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сповнений ненависті, ненависний (accursed, accurst, cussed, hateable, invidious, odious), мерзенний (abhorrent, abject, abominable, atrocious, caitiff, ghoulish, hangdog, heinous, nasty, nefandous, nefarious, niddering, odious, sordid, villainous, wretched). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | đầy căm thù, đầy căm hờn đáng căm thù, đáng căm hờn, đáng căm ghét (hatable). (various references) | |
Welsh | digasog (hated, hating), cas (aversion, disagreeable, enemy, foe, hater, hatred, nasty, odious), atgas (dispicable, odious, perverse). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | abominabile, abominabilem, abominabiles, abominabilis, damnatorum, damnatus, invido, invidus, invisa, invisus, odibilem, odibiles, odibili, odibilia, odibilis, odiosus, perosus. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | atol. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 14, Verse 17 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | OxuqumoV prassei meta abouliaV anhr de fronimoV polla upoferei |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Inpatiens operabitur stultitiam et vir versutus odiosus est |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The vnpacient shal werche folie; and the desseyuable man is hateful. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | He who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet. |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 14, Verse 17 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Siya nga dili masuko magahimo sa kabuangan; Ug ang usa ka tawo nga dautan ug mga paagi ginadumtan. |
| Chinese | 輕 " 發 ' 的 、 行 事 愚 妄 ． 設 立 詭 計 的 、 被 人 恨 惡 。 |
| Croatian | Nagao èovjek èini ludosti, a razborit ih podnosi. |
| Danish | Den hidsige bærer sig tåbeligt ad, man hader rænkefuld Mand. |
| Dutch | Die haastig is tot toorn, zal dwaasheid doen; en een man van schandelijke verdichtselen zal gehaat worden. |
| Finnish | Pikavihainen tekee hullun töitä, ja juonittelija joutuu vihatuksi. |
| French | Celui qui est prompt la colère fait des sottises, Et l`homme plein de malice s`attire la haine. |
| German | Ein Ungeduldiger handelt töricht; aber ein Bedächtiger haßt es. |
| Hungarian | A hirtelen haragú bolondságot cselekszik, és a cselszövõ férfi gyûlölséges lesz. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Orang yang suka marah bertindak bodoh; orang bijaksana bersikap sabar. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Barangsiapa yang segera akan marah, ia itu kelak berbuat perkara yang bodoh, dan orang yang jahat niatnya itu akan dibenci. |
| Italian | L'iracondo commette sciocchezze, il riflessivo sopporta. |
| Maori | ¶ Ko te tangata riri wawe ka mahi i te wairangi; ka kinongia ano hoki te tangata i nga rauhanga kino. |
| Norwegian | Den bråsinte gjør dårskap, og en svikefull mann blir hatet. |
| Portuguese | Quem facilmente se ira fará doidices; mas o homem discreto é paciente; |
| Rumanian | Cine este iute la mknie face prostii, wi omul plin de rqutate se face urkt. - |
| Russian | чУ ЩМШЮЙЧЩК НПЦЕФ У"ЕМБФШ ЗМХ ПУФШ; ОП ЮЕМПЧЕЛ, ХНЩЫМЕООП "ЕМБАЭЙК ЪМП, ОЕОБЧЙУФЕО. |
| Spanish | El que es irascible hará locuras, y el hombre malicioso será aborrecido. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "hateful": hatefully, hatefulness, hatefulnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Hateful" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Atafu, Halefoglu, Hartenfels, hatfull, hiaticula, pageful, satefl, shitawful. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "hateful" (pronounced hā"tful) |
| 5 | -ā" t f u l | fateful, grateful, ungrateful. |
| 4 | -t f u l | artful, boastful, deceitful, delightful, disrespectful, distasteful, distrustful, doubtful, eventful, fistful, fitful, forgetful, fretful, frightful, fruitful, hurtful, spiteful, tactful, tasteful, insightful, lustful, mistrustful, neglectful, regretful, resentful, respectful, restful, rightful, thoughtful, uneventful, wasteful, wistful, zestful. |
| 3 | -f u l | apocryphal, awful, baffle, baleful, bashful, beautiful, blissful, bountiful, careful, cheerful, colorful, disdainful, disgraceful, doleful, dreadful, duffel, dutiful, faithful, falafel, fanciful, fearful, flavorful, forceful, gainful, gleeful, graceful, harmful, healthful, helpful, hopeful, houseful, sorrowful, soulful, stifle, stressful, successful, suspenseful, tearful, thankful, joyful, kerfuffle, lawful, masterful, meaningful, merciful, mindful, mournful, muffle, needful, painful, panful, peaceful, pitiful, playful, plentiful, powerful, prayerful, purposeful, raffle, remorseful, reshuffle, resourceful, riffle, rifle, rueful, ruffle, scornful, scuffle, shameful, shuffle, sinful, skillful, trifle, triumphal, truffle, truthful, tuneful, unfaithful, unhealthful, unhelpful, unlawful, unsuccessful, untruthful, useful, vengeful, waffle, watchful, willful, wishful, woeful, wonderful, worshipful, wrongful, youthful. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-h-l-t-u" | |
-1 letter: hatful. | |
-2 letters: fault, fetal, flute, haute, lathe, lehua, lutea. | |
-3 letters: alef, eath, fate, feal, feat, felt, feta, flat, flea, flue, fuel, haet, haft, hale, half, halt, hate, haul, haut, heal, heat, heft, hula, late, lath, leaf, left, lute, tael, tale, teal, tela, thae, tufa, tule. | |
-4 letters: aft, ale, alt, ate, eat, eau, eft, elf. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-h-l-t-u" | |
+1 letter: deathful, hasteful. | |
+2 letters: flashtube, hatefully, healthful. | |
+3 letters: flashtubes, satchelful, ultrafiche. | |
+4 letters: hatefulness, healthfully, satchelfuls, satchelsful, thankfuller, thiosulfate, ultrafiches, unhealthful. | |
+5 letters: characterful, faithfulness, thankfullest, thankfulness, thiosulfates, unfathomable, watchfulness, wrathfulness. | |
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