hateful

Other forms of hateful

comparative

hatefuller·

superlative

hatefullest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hateful

What does hateful mean?

hateful means "evoking or deserving hatred". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hateful?

hateful has 2 syllables: hate-ful. The stress falls on "hate". In IPA it is /ˈheɪtfəl/.

What is another word for hateful?

Close synonyms include mean. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of hateful?

The recorded antonyms are lovable.

Is hateful a common word?

hateful is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.