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hateful

[ heyt-fuhl ]

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adjective

arousing hate or deserving to be hated:
the hateful oppression of dictators.
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unpleasant; dislikable; distasteful:
She found her domestic chores hateful.
full of or expressing hate malignant; malevolent:
a hateful denunciatory speech.

hateful

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adjective

causing or deserving hate; loathsome; detestable
full of or showing hate

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Derived Forms

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ˈ�󲹳ٱ�ڳܱ��, adverb

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hateful¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; hate, -ful

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Synonym Study

Hateful, obnoxious, odious, offensive refer to something that causes strong dislike or annoyance. Hateful implies actually causing hatred or extremely strong dislike: The sight of him is hateful to me. Obnoxious emphasizes causing annoyance or discomfort by objectionable qualities: His persistence made him seem obnoxious. His piggish manners made him obnoxious to his companions. Odious emphasizes the disagreeable or displeasing: an odious little man; odious servility. Offensive emphasizes the distaste and resentment caused by something that may be either displeasing or insulting: an offensive odor, remark.

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They are also designed to protect children from misogynistic, violent, hateful or abusive material, online bullying and dangerous challenges.

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World Rugby says it is extending an online protection scheme for all players, coaches and officials at the upcoming 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup after already detecting more than 2,000 accounts posting hateful messages.

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Researchers behind a new report have said they were able to set up accounts using fake birthdays and they were then shown sexualised content, hateful comments, and recommended adult accounts to follow.

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The hosts tell men that women will flock to them if they're hateful and abusive.

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Ocado has apologised "unreservedly" to Mumsnet for citing "hateful political views" when it pulled out of a commercial partnership over the parenting forum's stance on the definition of sex in the Equality Act.

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