Webster's English Dictionary

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hateful

hate.ful \'ha-t-f*l\ \-f*-le-\ aj 1: full of hate : MALICIOUS  2: exciting 
   or deserving hateMHATEFUL applies to something or someone that arouses 
   active hatred and hostility; ODIOUS applies to that which arouses offense 
   or repugnance; ABHORRENT characterizes that which outrages a sense of what 
   is right, decent, just, or honorable; DETESTABLE suggests something 
   deserving extreme contempt; ABOMINABLE suggests something fiercely 
   condemned as vile or unnatural - hate.ful.ly av SYN syn ODIOUS, ABHORRENT, 
   DETESTABLE, ABOMINABLE: (