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Hatefulness

Hateful \Hate"ful\ (-f[.u]l), a.

  1. Manifesting hate or hatred; malignant; malevolent.

    And worse than death, to view with hateful eyes His rival's conquest.
    --Dryden.

  2. Exciting or deserving great dislike, aversion, or disgust; odious.

    Unhappy, wretched, hateful day!
    --Shak.

    Syn: Odious; detestable; abominable; execrable; loathsome; abhorrent; repugnant; malevolent. -- Hate"ful*ly, adv. -- Hate"ful*ness, n.

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hatefulness

n. The characteristic of being hateful.

WordNet
hatefulness

n. the quality of being hateful [syn: obnoxiousness, objectionableness]

Usage examples of "hatefulness".

His long bout with seasickness and his general hatefulness had made me forget, in our days at the gymnasium, Cassini had a well-earned reputation as a brave man.

Her manner became less calm, her utterance more rapid and agitated, as she tried to bring home to the people their guilt their wilful darkness, their state of disobedience to God--as she dwelt on the hatefulness of sin, the Divine holiness, and the sufferings of the Saviour, by which a way had been opened for their salvation.

I know a good many people whose general hatefulness, contrariety and all-round objectionableness may well be the result of a sneeze during which the blessing was forgotten.

Especially, it would be a relief to get away from the overcrowdedness, noisiness, bickering, and hatefulness of the humans here.