HATEFUL

hateful

(adjective) evoking or deserving hatred; “no vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude”- Joseph Priestly

hateful, mean

(adjective) characterized by malice; “a hateful thing to do”; “in a mean mood”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

hateful (comparative hatefuller or more hateful, superlative most hateful)

Evoking a feeling of hatred.

Dislikeable.

Full of hatred.

Antonyms

• loveful

Anagrams

• eathful, heatful

Source: Wiktionary


Hate"ful, a.

1. Manifesting hate or hatred; malignant; malevolent. [Archaic or R.] And worse than death, to view with hateful eyes His rival's conquest. Dryden.

2. Exciting or deserving great dislike, aversion, or disgust; odious. Unhappy, wretched, hateful day! Shak.

Syn.

– Odious; detestable; abominable; execrable; loathsome; abhorrent; repugnant; malevolent.

– Hate"ful*ly, adv.

– Hate"ful*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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RAREFACTION

(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”


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