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hateful

/ˈheɪtfəl/ adjective B2
  1. Evoking a feeling of hatred.
  2. Dislikeable.
  3. Full of hatred.
  4. Bigoted.

Comparative hatefuller · Superlative hatefullest

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Besides, one requires the excitement of being hateful in the eyes of the accused, in order to lash one’s self into a state of sufficient vehemence and power.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 49 · C1
The safeguards of virtue are hateful to those with evil intentions.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 52 · B2
“You mean, hateful boy!” she exclaimed passionately.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 114 · C1
“I assure you it is just as hateful to me to fail in a case as it can be to you to blunder over a commission.”
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 94 · B2

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