hateful

«hateful» in Mova's school dictionary: Very unpleasant and deserving to be hated: «a hateful… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (hateful, more hateful, most hateful)

meaning for a pupil

1) Very unpleasant and deserving to be hated: «a hateful thing to say». tree →

2) Full of hate, showing hate towards others: «hateful messages». tree →

3) (informal, old-fashioned) Horrible, nasty: «this hateful rain». tree →

sense in the lessons

In ethics and online safety lessons hateful comments are unkind words meant to hurt people because of who they are; pupils learn to report them. In stories a hateful villain is cruel. Phrases: «hateful words», «hateful comments», «a hateful person».

examples

• Calling him names was a hateful thing to do. tree →
• The website removes hateful comments. tree →
• The villain in the play was truly hateful. tree →
• She regretted her hateful words and said sorry. tree →
• If you see hateful messages online, tell an adult. tree →
• What a hateful, rainy day! tree →
• The safeguards of virtue are hateful to those with evil intentions. tree →

note

Spelled with one l at the end. Similar: horrible, nasty, spiteful. Related: hate, hatred (noun). Strong word.

In the corpora

• Hateful comments about someone's skin colour or religion should be reported; silence lets hate spread.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hateful» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.