Antonyms for hateful

Grammar : Adj

Spell : heyt-fuhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈheɪt fəl

Definition of hateful

Origin : mid-14c., "full of hate;" late 14c., "exciting hate;" from hate + -ful. Related: Hatefully; hatefulness.

adj nasty, obnoxious

Example sentences :

Her eyes were hateful and her hands were nervous as she reviewed the past week.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

Be as cold as you please, be hateful if you will—I shall adore you whatever you may choose to be.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

Stryker turned upon him an expression at once ludicrous, piteous and hateful.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

I guess I sha'n't go to Mr. Gordon; he's just as hateful as he can be.
Extract from : « The Green Satin Gown » by Laura E. Richards

I never saw such a hateful set of girls as there are in this school.
Extract from : « The Green Satin Gown » by Laura E. Richards

For him the keen-souled kinsman of Hygelac held in hand; hateful alive was each to other.
Extract from : « Beowulf » by Anonymous

And I should like to cut the hateful picture to pieces when it comes.
Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill

Was the hateful thing, the dreaded thing, merely a nightmare after all?
Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola

And is the object which makes him a friend, dear to him, or neither dear nor hateful to him?
Extract from : « Lysis » by Plato

The declaration that such things are hateful to the Gods, and most abominable and unholy.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

Synonyms for hateful

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