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# hateful

adjective (hateful, more hateful, most hateful)

«hateful» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Very unpleasant and deserving to be hated: «a hateful thing to say». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hateful/#m1)
2. Full of hate, showing hate towards others: «hateful messages». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hateful/#m2)
3. (informal, old-fashioned) Horrible, nasty: «this hateful rain». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hateful/#m3)

### In the lessons

In ethics and online safety lessons hateful comments are unkind words meant to hurt people because of who they are; pupils learn to report them. In stories a hateful villain is cruel. Phrases: «hateful words», «hateful comments», «a hateful person».

### Examples

- Calling him names was a hateful thing to do. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hateful/#x1)
- The website removes hateful comments. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hateful/#x2)
- The villain in the play was truly hateful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hateful/#x3)
- She regretted her hateful words and said sorry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hateful/#x4)
- If you see hateful messages online, tell an adult. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hateful/#x5)
- What a hateful, rainy day! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hateful/#x6)
- The safeguards of virtue are hateful to those with evil intentions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hateful/#x7)

### Note

Spelled with one l at the end. Similar: horrible, nasty, spiteful. Related: hate, hatred (noun). Strong word.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hateful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hateful/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hateful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hateful.html) on Mova free.