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.
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