What is another word for hateful?
843 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ hˈe͡ɪtfə͡l], [ hˈeɪtfəl], [ h_ˈeɪ_t_f_əl]
There are a variety of synonyms for the word "hateful" that can be used to convey a similar meaning. Some of the most commonly used synonyms include "malevolent," "malignant," "spiteful," "vindictive," "venomous," "malicious," "virulent," "bitter," "acrimonious," "toxic," and "noxious." These words all describe a feeling or attitude of extreme dislike, hostility, or animosity towards someone or something. When choosing synonyms for "hateful," it is important to consider the context in which they will be used, as different words may be more appropriate for different situations. Nonetheless, the aforementioned synonyms can all be valuable tools for adding nuance and complexity to written or spoken language.
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Similar words for hateful:
- abrasive (adjective)
- detestable (adjective)
- evil (adjective)
- hateful (adjective)
- malevolent (adjective)
- offensive (adjective)
- repulsive (adjective)
- unkind (adjective)
- abominable (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- angry (adjective)
- bitchy (adjective)
- bitter (adjective)
- catty (adjective)
- chill (adjective)
- contemptible (adjective)
- cruel (adjective)
- damnable (adjective)
- despiteful (adjective)
- disgusting (adjective)
- distasteful (adjective)
- foul (adjective)
- heinous (adjective)
- hidebound (adjective)
- hideous (adjective)
- horrendous (adjective)
- hostile (adjective)
- ill (adjective)
- infamous (adjective)
- inhuman (adjective)
- inhuman/inhumane (adjective)
- intolerant (adjective)
- lousy (adjective)
- malign (adjective)
- obnoxious (adjective)
- repellent (adjective)
- repugnant (adjective)
- shocking (adjective)
- spiteful (adjective)
- terrible (adjective)
- unfriendly (adjective)
- villainous (adjective)
- bestial
- corrupt
- detestable
- inconsiderate
- noun
- vindictive
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Hateful:
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adj.
• abrasive • detestable • evil • hateful • malevolent- Black-hearted ,
- antagonistic ,
- baleful ,
- baneful ,
- churlish ,
- corrosive ,
- foul ,
- hurtful ,
- ill-natured ,
- malevolent ,
- malignant ,
- mean ,
- perfidious ,
- rancorous ,
- sinister ,
- sullen ,
- treacherous ,
- venomous ,
- vicious ,
- vindictive ,
- wicked .
- coldhearted ,
- in sensitive ,
- in-sensitive ,
- un caring ,
- un kind ,
- un kinder ,
- un kindest ,
- un-caring ,
- un-kind ,
- un-kinder ,
- un-kindest .
- be grudging ,
- be-grudging ,
- in tense ,
- in tenser ,
- in tensest ,
- in-tense ,
- in-tenser ,
- in-tensest ,
- more begrudging ,
- more estranged ,
- morose ,
- most begrudging ,
- most estranged ,
- with chip shoulder .
- de pressing ,
- de-pressing ,
- in different ,
- in-different ,
- more uncompanionable ,
- more ungenial ,
- more unwelcoming ,
- most uncompanionable ,
- most ungenial ,
- most unwelcoming ,
- re served ,
- re-served ,
- solitary ,
- un companionable ,
- un emotional ,
- un genial ,
- un happier ,
- un happiest ,
- un happy ,
- un responsive ,
- un welcoming ,
- un-companionable ,
- un-emotional ,
- un-genial ,
- un-happier ,
- un-happiest ,
- un-happy ,
- un-responsive ,
- un-welcoming ,
- unhappy ,
- with drawn ,
- with-drawn .
- de generate ,
- de-generate ,
- heel ,
- heelest ,
- low down ,
- more currish ,
- more despisable ,
- more low down ,
- more low-down ,
- more lowdown ,
- more outcast ,
- more swinish ,
- most despisable ,
- most inferior ,
- most low down ,
- most low-down ,
- most lowdown ,
- most outcast ,
- most swinish ,
- out cast ,
- out-cast ,
- outcast ,
- scummiest ,
- scummy ,
- scurvier ,
- scurviest ,
- un worthier ,
- un worthiest ,
- un worthy ,
- un-worthier ,
- un-worthiest ,
- un-worthy .
- cold blooded ,
- flinty ,
- hard hearted ,
- in exorable ,
- in-exorable ,
- more brutish ,
- more demoniac ,
- more hard hearted ,
- more hard-hearted ,
- most brutish ,
- most demoniac ,
- most hard hearted ,
- most hard-hearted ,
- painful ,
- re vengeful ,
- re-vengeful ,
- un feeling ,
- un natural ,
- un relenting ,
- un-feeling ,
- un-natural ,
- un-relenting .
- dis gusting ,
- dis-gusting ,
- more cloying ,
- more satiating ,
- more sleazeball ,
- more surfeiting ,
- most satiating ,
- most sleazeball ,
- most surfeiting ,
- nerdier ,
- nerdiest ,
- scuzzier ,
- scuzziest ,
- shameless ,
- yecchier ,
- yecchiest ,
- yucky .
- dis agreeable ,
- dis likable ,
- dis pleasing ,
- dis tasteful ,
- dis-agreeable ,
- dis-likable ,
- dis-pleasing ,
- dis-tasteful ,
- in sipid ,
- in-sipid ,
- more dislikable ,
- more savorless ,
- more unlikable ,
- most dislikable ,
- most savorless ,
- most unlikable ,
- un appetizing ,
- un desirable ,
- un inviting ,
- un likable ,
- un palatable ,
- un savorier ,
- un savoriest ,
- un savory ,
- un-appetizing ,
- un-desirable ,
- un-inviting ,
- un-likable ,
- un-palatable ,
- un-savorier ,
- un-savoriest ,
- un-savory ,
- yickier ,
- yickiest .
- dis graceful ,
- dis honorable ,
- dis-graceful ,
- dis-honorable ,
- more contaminated ,
- more pigpen ,
- more polluted ,
- more sullied ,
- most contaminated ,
- most pigpen ,
- most polluted ,
- most sullied ,
- mucky ,
- un clean ,
- un cleaner ,
- un cleanest ,
- un-clean ,
- un-cleaner ,
- un-cleanest .
- grisly ,
- more beast ,
- most beast ,
- un comely ,
- un sightlier ,
- un sightliest ,
- un sightly ,
- un-comely ,
- un-sightlier ,
- un-sightliest ,
- un-sightly .
- dis approving ,
- dis-approving ,
- ill disposed ,
- illdisposed ,
- in hospitable ,
- in-hospitable ,
- more anti ,
- more disapproving ,
- more ill disposed ,
- more ill-disposed ,
- more illdisposed ,
- more oppugnant ,
- most anti ,
- most disapproving ,
- most ill disposed ,
- most ill-disposed ,
- most illdisposed ,
- most opposite ,
- most oppugnant ,
- un favorable ,
- un sociable ,
- un sympathetic ,
- un-favorable ,
- un-sociable .
- dis respectful ,
- dis-respectful ,
- fore boding ,
- fore-boding ,
- ill mannered ,
- illmannered ,
- in auspicious ,
- in-auspicious ,
- inauspicious ,
- more foreboding ,
- more nocent ,
- more unpromising ,
- most foreboding ,
- most nocent ,
- most unpromising ,
- un fortunate ,
- un gracious ,
- un healthier ,
- un healthiest ,
- un healthy ,
- un luckier ,
- un luckiest ,
- un lucky ,
- un promising ,
- un wholesome ,
- un-fortunate ,
- un-gracious ,
- un-healthiest ,
- un-healthy ,
- un-luckier ,
- un-luckiest ,
- un-lucky ,
- un-promising ,
- un-wholesome .
- dis reputable ,
- dis-reputable ,
- ill famed ,
- illfamed ,
- in famous ,
- in-famous ,
- more caitiff ,
- more ill famed ,
- more ill-famed ,
- more illfamed ,
- most caitiff ,
- most ill famed ,
- most ill-famed ,
- most illfamed .
- feller ,
- fellest ,
- in humane ,
- in-humane ,
- most inhuman ,
- remorseless ,
- un compassionate ,
- un-compassionate .
- anti pathetic ,
- anti-pathetic ,
- fractious ,
- in flexible ,
- in tolerant ,
- in-flexible ,
- in-tolerant ,
- individualistic ,
- more chauvinistic ,
- more communist ,
- more racialist ,
- more short fuse ,
- more short-fuse ,
- more shortfuse ,
- more tilted ,
- more unindulgent ,
- more worked up ,
- more worked-up ,
- more workedup ,
- more xenophobic ,
- most chauvinistic ,
- most communist ,
- most racialist ,
- most short fuse ,
- most short-fuse ,
- most shortfuse ,
- most tilted ,
- most unindulgent ,
- most worked up ,
- most worked-up ,
- most workedup ,
- most xenophobic ,
- narrow minded ,
- narrowminded ,
- one sided ,
- onesided ,
- shortfuse ,
- small minded ,
- smallminded ,
- tilted ,
- un charitable ,
- un fair ,
- un fairer ,
- un fairest ,
- un forbearing ,
- un indulgent ,
- un willing ,
- un-charitable ,
- un-fair ,
- un-fairer ,
- un-fairest ,
- un-forbearing ,
- un-indulgent ,
- un-willing ,
- unindulgent ,
- up-set ,
- workedup ,
- xenophobic .
- Revulsive ,
- in compatible ,
- in consistent ,
- in consonant ,
- in-compatible ,
- in-consistent ,
- in-consonant ,
- more against ,
- more inconsonant ,
- more revulsive ,
- more unconformable ,
- more unfitted ,
- most against ,
- most inconsonant ,
- most revulsive ,
- most unconformable ,
- most unfitted ,
- un conformable ,
- un fitted ,
- un-conformable ,
- un-fitted .
- awe inspiring ,
- aweinspiring ,
- in convenient ,
- in-convenient ,
- inconvenient ,
- more dreaded ,
- more petrifying ,
- more unnerving ,
- most dreaded ,
- most petrifying ,
- most unnerving ,
- un nerving ,
- un-nerving .
- anti social ,
- dis affected ,
- dis-affected ,
- mis anthropic ,
- mis-anthropic ,
- more grudging ,
- more unneighborly ,
- most grudging ,
- most unneighborly ,
- not on speaking terms ,
- not speaking terms ,
- un congenial ,
- un friendlier ,
- un friendliest ,
- un friendly ,
- un neighborly ,
- un-congenial ,
- un-friendlier ,
- un-friendliest ,
- un-friendly ,
- un-neighborly .
Other synonyms:
- atrocious ,
- bad ,
- badly ,
- barbaric ,
- barbarous ,
- bestial ,
- brutal ,
- brutish ,
- cheapjack ,
- cold-blooded ,
- cowardly ,
- cruel ,
- dastardly ,
- despiteful ,
- despotic ,
- diabolical ,
- gestapo ,
- hateable ,
- inhuman ,
- inhumane ,
- merciless ,
- monstrous ,
- personal ,
- pitiless ,
- predatory ,
- ruthless ,
- sadistic ,
- satanic ,
- savage ,
- sharp-tongued ,
- snarky ,
- snide ,
- twisted ,
- tyrannical ,
- uncharitable ,
- ungenerous ,
- unnecessary ,
- unsparing ,
- waspish .
- abusive ,
- hard ,
- horrible ,
- opprobrious ,
- sick ,
- unfriendly .
- harsh .
- black .
Other relevant words:
- Abhorred ,
- Fiendly ,
- Loathed ,
- abhor ,
- abhorrence ,
- abominable ,
- abominate ,
- abomination ,
- abrasive ,
- acerbic ,
- acid ,
- acrid ,
- acrimonious ,
- against the grain ,
- alienate ,
- anathematize ,
- angry ,
- antipathetic ,
- antipathy ,
- appalling ,
- arrant ,
- average ,
- averse ,
- aversion ,
- awful ,
- base ,
- bastardly ,
- beggarly ,
- belligerent ,
- below contempt ,
- beneath contempt ,
- bitchy ,
- blameworthy ,
- blasted ,
- body ,
- carcass ,
- carrion ,
- cat-hearted ,
- caustic ,
- chill ,
- clashing ,
- colliding ,
- condemnation ,
- conflicting ,
- confounded ,
- contemptible ,
- contemptuous ,
- corrupt ,
- crude ,
- curse ,
- cussed ,
- damnable ,
- damned ,
- deadly ,
- deathly ,
- debased ,
- defamatory ,
- degenerate ,
- deplorable ,
- depraved ,
- despicable ,
- despise ,
- detest ,
- detestation ,
- diabolic ,
- dire ,
- dirty ,
- disagreeable ,
- disapprove ,
- disastrous ,
- disgust ,
- disgusting ,
- disliked ,
- dismal ,
- distasteful ,
- dreadful ,
- egregious ,
- embittered ,
- enormous ,
- envenom ,
- estrange ,
- evil-minded ,
- excellent ,
- execrable ,
- execrate ,
- execration ,
- fetid ,
- filthy ,
- flagitious ,
- flagrant ,
- foetid ,
- forbidding ,
- full of hate ,
- fulsome ,
- ghastly ,
- god-awful ,
- grave ,
- grievous ,
- gross ,
- harmful ,
- hate ,
- hated ,
- hatefulness ,
- hatred ,
- heinous ,
- hidebound ,
- hideous ,
- horrendous ,
- horrid ,
- horrific ,
- horrify ,
- horrifying ,
- ignoble ,
- ill ,
- immoral ,
- impertinent ,
- impossible ,
- incense ,
- infamous ,
- infernal ,
- iniquitous ,
- insufferable ,
- intolerable ,
- intolerant ,
- invidious ,
- irritate ,
- lamentable ,
- loath ,
- loathe ,
- loathsome ,
- lousy ,
- low ,
- maledict ,
- malefic ,
- maleficent ,
- malodorous ,
- mawkish ,
- meanspirited ,
- mephitic ,
- miasmal ,
- miasmic ,
- mingy ,
- miserable ,
- miserly ,
- mordant ,
- nauseating ,
- nauseous ,
- nefarious ,
- noisome ,
- notorious ,
- noxious ,
- objectionable ,
- objectionableness ,
- obnoxious ,
- obnoxiousness ,
- obscene ,
- odious ,
- odium ,
- offensive ,
- ornery ,
- outrageous ,
- pernicious ,
- perverted ,
- pesky ,
- pestiferous ,
- pitiable ,
- pitiful ,
- punitive ,
- quarrelsome ,
- rank ,
- rebarbative ,
- regrettable ,
- repel ,
- repellent ,
- reprehensible ,
- repugnant ,
- resentful ,
- retaliative ,
- retaliatory ,
- retributive ,
- retributory ,
- revolting ,
- revulsion ,
- rile ,
- roil ,
- sad ,
- sarcastic ,
- scandalous ,
- schlock ,
- scurvy ,
- set against ,
- shabby ,
- shameful ,
- shocking ,
- shoddy ,
- shuddersome ,
- sickening ,
- sinful ,
- slanderous ,
- sordid ,
- sore ,
- sow dissension ,
- splenetic ,
- squalid ,
- stinking ,
- terrible ,
- tight ,
- too bad ,
- trenchant ,
- ugly ,
- unaesthetic ,
- unbearable ,
- unclean ,
- uncool ,
- undesirable ,
- unforgiving ,
- unlikable ,
- unlikeable ,
- unlovable ,
- unloved ,
- unpalatable ,
- unpleasant ,
- unpopular ,
- unprepossessing ,
- unsavoury ,
- unspeakable ,
- vengeful ,
- vile ,
- villainous ,
- vitriolic ,
- woeful ,
- worst ,
- worthless ,
- wretched ,
- wrong .
- Dang ,
- Darner ,
- Despisable ,
- Hard-hearted ,
- Heeler ,
- Inconsonant ,
- NAR ,
- Oppugnant ,
- Piller ,
- Uncompanionable ,
- anti ,
- anti-social ,
- big mouth ,
- bitter ,
- cattish ,
- catty ,
- chauvinistic ,
- coldblooded ,
- currish ,
- demoniac ,
- dislikable ,
- dratted ,
- evil ,
- grody ,
- horrifyin ,
- hostile ,
- ill-disposed ,
- ill-famed ,
- in opposition ,
- low-down ,
- lowdown ,
- nasty ,
- nerdy ,
- nocent ,
- racialist ,
- repulsive ,
- savorless ,
- scummier ,
- scuzzy ,
- short-fuse ,
- sleazeball ,
- spiteful ,
- swinish ,
- unconformable ,
- unfitted ,
- ungenial ,
- unneighborly ,
- unpromising ,
- unwelcoming ,
- up set ,
- virulent ,
- with chip on shoulder ,
- wolfish ,
- worked-up ,
- yecchy ,
- yicky .
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How to use "Hateful" in context?
There is a word that has been historically used to describe people who are filled with a strong and passionate dislike for others - "hateful." This word has an unfortunate and dark history, one that is often associated with racism, sexism, and homophobia. However, this word isn't just used to describe people who dislike specific groups of people. Anyone can be hateful, regardless of their feelings or opinions.
There are a few definitions of the word "hateful" that can be used to describe someone. The first definition is that someone is hateful towards others because of their own feelings of inferiority or superiority.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
detestable, odious.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
appalling, brutal, deplorable, detested, disgusting, dreadful, filthy, hatred, horrendous, horrific, horrifying, infamous, nasty, outrageous, terrible, wicked.
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Noun, singular or mass
hatred.
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Other Related
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Adjective
abhorrent, abominable, atrocious, awful, dastardly, despicable, distasteful, foul, hate, heinous, hideous, horrible, insufferable, invidious, loathsome, obnoxious, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, ugly, vicious, vile.
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