hateful

Meanings

• adjective

  Feeling intense or passionate dislike for someone or something.

  - "His hateful comments about her appearance were hurtful and uncalled for."
  - "She found his hateful behavior towards animals inexplicable."

• Causing deep resentment, disgust, or aversion.

  - "The hateful actions of the bullies led to the boy's suicide."
  - "The hateful smell of burnt rubber filled the air after the car accident."

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Antonyms

loveful

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with hateful
hateful , loveless , cruel , gruesome , beautiful , pious , foul , noble , ruler , dulcimer , javelin,avelin , pelican , celiban , melancholic , soliloquy , colic , soliloquy , colic , soliloquy , soliloquy , soliloquy

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Variants

List of all variants of hateful that leads to same result
hateful , hatefully , hatefulness , hatefulnesses

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Forms

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hatefully, hateless, unhateful

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Etymology

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Old English hætel, from hætan to hate, from haten, past participle of hātan to hate.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'hateful' appears 11 times in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel 'The Great Gatsby'.

2. In the Harry Potter series, the term 'Muggle-born' is used to describe individuals who were born to non-magical parents and are therefore not naturally magical, but can still learn magic. This term is sometimes used derogatorily by pure-blood wizards and witches, who view Muggle-borns as 'hateful' and inferior.

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Related Concepts

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1. dislike: A feeling of not liking someone or something.

2. loath: Feeling intense aversion or dislike for someone or something.

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Culture

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In literature, the word 'hateful' has been used to describe characters and their emotions, such as Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'. In art, it has been used to depict negative emotions and feelings. In music, it has been used in song titles and lyrics to convey intense dislike or anger.

How to Memorize "hateful"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a person or situation that evokes strong feelings of dislike or hatred.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'hateful' with strong negative emotions and feelings.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the first letter of each definition: 'H' for Hate, 'F' for Feeling, and 'C' for Causing deep resentment or aversion.'

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