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Manifesting hate or hatred; malignant; malevolent.

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  1. a. Manifesting hate or hatred; malignant; malevolent.
  2. a. Exciting or deserving great dislike, aversion, or disgust; odious.
  3. adj. evoking or deserving hatred
  4. adj. characterized by malice
  5. 1. Manifesting hate or hatred; malignant; malevolent. [Archaic or R.] 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.
  6. j:100 a. evoking or deserving hatred s. characterized by malice