hateful

Definition

Evoking a feeling of hatred.

Etymology

From Middle English hateful. By surface analysis, hate + -ful.

Example Sentences

• "1935, Somerset Maugham, "The Voice of the Turtle." « She was hateful, of course, but she was irresistible. »"
• "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; […]"

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