hateful
adjective/ˈheɪtfl/
/ˈheɪtfl/
- very unkind or unpleasant
- a hateful person/place/face
- hateful to somebody I don't understand how people can be so hateful to one another.
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesc2- I tried to ignore her hateful words.
- We will not tolerate this hateful bullying.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryHateful is used with these nouns:- ideology
- speech
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