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ˈhatefulness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being hateful.
1. The quality of being full of hatred or strong dislike; loathing.
1548Thomas Ital. Dict. (1567), Istomacaggine, hatefulnesse or lothsomnesse of the stomake. 1580Sidney Arcadia (1622) 54 The eternall hatefulnesse of my destinie made Gynecia's iealousie stop that, and all other my blessings. 1586A. Day Eng. Secretary i. (1625) 129 Those vices..vilenesse, and execrable hatefulnesse.
2. The quality of deserving hatred; odiousness; abominableness.
1611Cotgr., Haineuseté, hatefulnesse, odiousnesse. 1679–1714Burnet Hist. Ref. an. 1542 (R.) To inform the people of the hatefulness of vice, and the excellency of holiness. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. I. ii. 110 Able to recognise the past in its true hatefulness. |