'Hatefulness' definitions:
Definition of 'hatefulness'
From: WordNet
noun
The quality of being hateful [syn: hatefulness, obnoxiousness, objectionableness]
Definition of 'Hatefulness'
From: GCIDE
- Hateful \Hate"ful\ (-f[.u]l), a.
- 1. Manifesting hate or hatred; malignant; malevolent. [Archaic or R.] [1913 Webster]
- And worse than death, to view with hateful eyes His rival's conquest. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Exciting or deserving great dislike, aversion, or disgust; odious. [1913 Webster]
- Unhappy, wretched, hateful day! --Shak.
- Syn: Odious; detestable; abominable; execrable; loathsome; abhorrent; repugnant; malevolent. -- {Hate"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Hate"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]