Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HATE'FUL
HATE'FUL, a.
- Odious; exciting great dislike, aversion or disgust. All sin is hateful in the sight of God and of good men.
- That feels hatred; malignant; malevolent. And worse than death, to view with hateful eyes / His rival's conquest. Dryden.
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