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HATEFULNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hatefulness mean?
• HATEFULNESS (noun)
The noun HATEFULNESS has 1 sense:
1. the quality of being hateful
Familiarity information: HATEFULNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being hateful
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
hatefulness; objectionableness; obnoxiousness
Hypernyms ("hatefulness" is a kind of...):
distastefulness; odiousness; offensiveness (the quality of being offensive)
Derivation:
hateful (evoking or deserving hatred)
hateful (characterized by malice)
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