Definition of "hateful" []

• Eliciting or deserving hatred. (adjective)
• Feeling or showing hatred; malevolent. (adjective)

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• "Ralph's after all; but, instead of that, the hateful, _hateful_ thing slipped right out of her hand, and went floating down the stream; and at this point Julia's sobs burst forth afresh."
• "DELANEY: The next day, in the wake of the hijackings, Web sites began to fill with anger toward Professor Traschen, and she received a deluge of what she describes as hateful and vile, even frightening phone and e-mail threats."
• "Wishik was disappointed to see what she called hateful media coverage of the situation."