Synonyms:
hateful
Meaning: evoking or deserving hatred; "no vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude"- Joseph Priestly
Synonyms:
hateful, mean
Meaning: characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood"
Usage examples
There is nothing more hateful to them.
To act the spy upon a friend was a hateful task.
"Miss Stevens does say such hateful things, papa!"
"It's hateful," said he, "to think I may win the election on account of this.
Remember that I have power; you believe yourself miserable, but I can make you so wretched that the light of day will be hateful to you.
It is of a piece with the whole of your conduct, towards Mr Hope--conduct unpardonable for its untruthfulness, and hateful for its malice."
"Oh, papa, it's that hateful Miss Stevens; I can't bear her!" she cried, throwing herself upon his breast, and bursting into a fit of passionate weeping.
Very possibly the old man was too hateful to him at that moment; but such an unceremonious display of hostility was a surprise even to Fyodor Pavlovitch.
"But in politics one has often to put up with hateful things in order to serve one's country. That's the sacrifice a high-minded man is called upon to make."
There were rat-holes in the garret, and Sara detested rats, and was always glad Emily was with her when she heard their hateful squeak and rush and scratching.