hatefulness

hate·ful

H0082600 (hāt′fəl)adj.1. Eliciting or deserving hatred.2. Feeling or showing hatred: "After she'd drunk the cocktail ... Mary sat there seeing faces, hearing voices in a blank hateful haze" (John Dos Passos).3. Informal Very unpleasant or unappealing: a hateful chore.

hate′ful·ly adv.hate′ful·ness n.Synonyms: hateful, detestable, odious, offensive, repellent
These often interchangeable adjectives describe what elicits or deserves strong dislike, distaste, or revulsion. Hateful refers to what evokes hatred or deep animosity: "No vice is universally so hateful as ingratitude" (Joseph Priestley).
Detestable applies to what arouses abhorrence or scorn: detestable crimes against humanity. Something odious is the object of intense displeasure or aversion: "the odious practice of sending prisoners abroad to be tortured" (Ronald Dworkin).
Offensive applies to what offends or insults: an offensive suggestion that the writer was guilty of plagiarism. Something repellent arouses repugnance or disgust: "[The motion picture code] banned the portrayal of repellent subjects—the sale of women, surgical operations, cruelty to children and animals" (Jeffrey Meyers).

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hatefulness - the quality of being hatefulobjectionableness, obnoxiousnessodiousness, offensiveness, distastefulness - the quality of being offensive

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可憎憎恨

hate

(heit) verb to dislike very much. I hate them for their cruelty to my father; I hate getting up in the morning. 憎恨，讨厌 noun1. great dislike. a look of hate. 憎恨，厌恶 2. something disliked. Getting up in the morning is one of my pet (= particular) hates.憎恨的事物ˈhateful adjective very bad; very unpleasant. That was a hateful thing to do to her; What a hateful person!可恨的ˈhatefully adverb可恨地ˈhatefulness noun 憎恨，可憎 hatred (ˈheitrid) noun great dislike. There was a look of hatred in his eyes; I have a deep-seated hatred of liars. 憎恨，憎恶，怨恨

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noun the quality of being hateful

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