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hateful

/ˈheɪtfl/adjective

उच्चारण हेट्फ़ल

घृणित, घिनौना, नफ़रत पैदा करने वाला

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adjective
  1. 1

    very unkind or unpleasant; causing hatred

    घृणित, घिनौना, नफ़रत पैदा करने वाला

    • It was a hateful thing to say to a grieving mother.
    • hateful comments posted online
    • She received hateful messages after the match.
    + 2 more examples
    • What a hateful way to treat a guest!
    • He apologised for the hateful words he had shouted.

    Synonyms detestable loathsome odious

    Opposite lovable likeable pleasant

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

hateful + noun / be hateful

'Hateful' describes something that deserves hatred or is deeply unpleasant. It describes the cause, not the person who feels hate.

'Hateful' उस चीज़ का वर्णन करता है जो घृणा के योग्य या अत्यंत अप्रिय हो। यह घृणा के कारण को बताता है, घृणा करने वाले को नहीं।

  • The villain said hateful things about the poor.
  • Cruelty to animals is hateful.

hateful to + somebody

'Hateful to' somebody means the person is very unpleasant or the thing is deeply disliked by them.

'Hateful to' somebody का अर्थ है कि वह व्यक्ति या वस्तु उसे बहुत अप्रिय है।

  • The sight of waste is hateful to Radhika.

hateful of / for (a person's behaviour)

A person can be 'hateful' when their acts are cruel. 'It is hateful of you to + verb' criticises someone's behaviour.

किसी व्यक्ति के क्रूर कार्यों के लिए वह 'hateful' कहा जा सकता है। 'It is hateful of you to + verb' किसी के व्यवहार की आलोचना करता है।

  • It was hateful of him to laugh at her accent.

hatefully (adverb)

The adverb is 'hatefully'. Use it after verbs of speaking or looking.

Adverb रूप 'hatefully' है। यह बोलने या देखने की क्रियाओं के बाद आता है।

  • He looked hatefully at his rival.
+Collocations 4

hateful + noun

remarkcrimeactlieattitudeslogan

  • Spreading hateful rumours on social media can hurt many people.

adverb + hateful

utterlydeeplypositivelyquitedownright

  • His behaviour towards the servants was downright hateful.

verb + hateful

findthinkconsidermakebe

  • She finds dishonesty hateful.

hateful + to / of

to meto themof himof youto us

  • Such speeches are hateful to all peace-loving people.
“More examples 5
  • The teacher punished the boy for his hateful words.

शिक्षक ने लड़के को उसके घृणास्पद शब्दों के लिए दंड दिया।

  • Untouchability is a hateful practice that the Constitution has abolished.

छुआछूत घृणित प्रथा है जिसे संविधान ने समाप्त कर दिया है।

  • It was hateful of her to spoil the surprise party.

सरप्राइज़ पार्टी बिगाड़ना उसकी ओर से बहुत बुरा था।

  • Bullying is a hateful thing to see in a school.

विद्यालय में bullying देखना बहुत घृणास्पद है।

  • He gave her a hateful look and walked out.

उसने उसे घृणा भरी नज़र से देखा और बाहर चला गया।

!Common mistakes 3

✗ Cheating is very hateful thing.

✓ Cheating is a very hateful thing.

A singular countable noun needs an article.

Singular countable noun से पहले article आवश्यक है।

✗ He was hateful at me yesterday.

✓ He was hateful to me yesterday.

The preposition after 'hateful' for treatment of a person is 'to'.

किसी व्यक्ति के साथ व्यवहार के लिए 'hateful' के बाद 'to' आता है।

✗ She spoke hateful to the servants.

✓ She spoke hatefully to the servants.

A verb needs an adverb, 'hatefully', not the adjective.

Verb को adverb 'hatefully' चाहिए, adjective नहीं।

◇Word family
hate verb, nounhatefully adv.hatred noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling

hate·ful

Keeping the e of hate and one l at the end (not 'hatfull').

hate का e बना रहता है और अंत में एक l ('hatfull' गलत है)।

?Which word?

hateful or hating?

Hateful describes the thing or person that deserves hatred: 'a hateful remark'. It does not mean 'full of hate'; a person full of hate is hate-filled or hating. Likewise, a hate crime is a crime motivated by hatred, not a hateful crime in the dictionary sense, though it is that too.

Hateful उस चीज़ या व्यक्ति के लिए है जो घृणा के योग्य हो: 'a hateful remark'। इसका अर्थ 'घृणा से भरा' नहीं है; घृणा से भरा व्यक्ति hate-filled या hating है। इसी तरह hate crime घृणा से प्रेरित अपराध है।

§Grammar and usage

Related nouns: hate and hatred ('a feeling of hatred'); the noun of hateful itself is hatefulness.

Hateful का अर्थ है नफ़रत के योग्य या घृणित। इससे जुड़े nouns हैं hate (घृणा) और hatred (तीव्र घृणा), जबकि hateful से बना noun hatefulness है।

✓In the exam

One-word substitution

Deserving of hatred.

'घृणा के योग्य' के लिए यह शब्द आता है।