different between baneful vs hateful

English

Etymology

From bane +? -ful.

Adjective

baneful (comparative more baneful, superlative most baneful)

1. (archaic) Poisonous, deadly.
2. Harmful, injurious.
   • 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Penguin 2004, p. 32:

     This contempt of the understanding in early life has more baneful consequences than is commonly supposed […].

Synonyms

• fatal
• mortal

Antonyms

• helpful
• productive

Related terms

• bane
• banefully
• banefulness

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• hatefull

Etymology

From Middle English hateful, equivalent to hate +? -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?he?tf?l/
• Hyphenation: hate?ful

Adjective

hateful (comparative hatefuller or more hateful, superlative hatefullest or most hateful)

1. Evoking a feeling of hatred.
2. Dislikeable.
3. Full of hatred.

Antonyms

• loveful

Derived terms

• hatefully
• hatefulness

Related terms

• hate
• hatel
• hatred
• hatable

Translations

Anagrams

• eathful, heatful

Middle English

Alternative forms

• haatful, hatefull, hatfull, hatteful, hatful, hatfful, hatefulle

Etymology

From hate +? -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha?t(?)ful/

Adjective

hateful

1. Disliked, malign, evil, revolting.
2. (rare, Late Middle English) Hateful, angry, ireful, raging.

Derived terms

• hatfully

Descendants

• English: hateful

References

• “h?teful, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.