Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hateful

/ˈheɪtfəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.52 in modern English

Syllables: hate-ful
IPA: /ˈheɪtfəl/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Evoking a feeling of hatred.

adj

adj

Full of hatred.

adj

Example Sentences

"Home I vvould go, / But that my Dores are hatefull to my eyes. / Fill'd and damm'd up vvith gaping Creditors, / VVatchfull as Fovvlers vvhen their Game vvill ſpring; […]"

Etymology

From Middle English hateful. By surface analysis, hate + -ful.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: hateful, *keh₂d-

Inflected Forms

hatefuller (comparative) more hateful (comparative) hatefullest (superlative) most hateful (superlative) hatefull (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

hatefully hatefulness unhateful

Phrases

self-hateful

Frequently Paired Words

hate hatel hatred hatable

Synonyms

odious mean

Antonyms

loveful

Rhymes With

grateful ungrateful fateful

Questions

How do you pronounce hateful?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈheɪtfəl/.
What does hateful mean?: Evoking a feeling of hatred.
Where does hateful come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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