Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hatesome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hate-some
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Marked by hate; displaying or expressing hatred; hateful

Example Sentences

"The floods are drained away, and there is nothing left to me but a parched dullness, more hatesome than ever for my dread of it is eternal."
"Davina did a hatesome thing: She turned and flung her braid over her shoulder, swatting Nan Shaw in the face."
""Yeah, Mama. It's me. It's Leaky." One of the orderlies snickered and I shrugged with a wry smile. Another hatesome nickname I'd never get away from."

Etymology

From Middle English hatesum, hatsum, equivalent to hate + -some.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: hatesum

Inflected Forms

more hatesome (comparative) most hatesome (superlative)

Questions

What does hatesome mean?: Marked by hate; displaying or expressing hatred; hateful
Where does hatesome come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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