hateable
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of hateable
Example Sentences
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The UK series, however, received a zero-star review from the Guardian, which described it as "probably the most hateable TV show ever made".
From BBC • May 22, 2024
She was hateable — my heavens, was she hateable — which is why so many people hated her.
From Washington Post • Jan. 31, 2020
Robbins, meanwhile, realizes that the way he got into acting is pretty "hateable."
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2018
Both of these are valid reasons to dislike someone, but for some reason, they don’t make you more hateable than Grande or Kim Kardashian.
From Salon • Aug. 19, 2015
There has been no one to touch Handel as an observer of all that was observable, a lover of all that was loveable, a hater of all that was hateable, and, therefore, as a poet.
From Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino by Butler, Samuel
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