Hatefulness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hateful \Hate"ful\ (-f[.u]l), a.
     1. Manifesting hate or hatred; malignant; malevolent.
        [Archaic or R.]
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              And worse than death, to view with hateful eyes


              His rival's conquest.                 --Dryden.
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     2. Exciting or deserving great dislike, aversion, or disgust;
        odious.
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              Unhappy, wretched, hateful day!       --Shak.
  
     Syn: Odious; detestable; abominable; execrable; loathsome;
          abhorrent; repugnant; malevolent. -- {Hate"ful*ly}, adv.
          -- {Hate"ful*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hatefulness
       n : the quality of being hateful [syn: {obnoxiousness}, {objectionableness}]