different between deleterious vs hateful

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin deleterius, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (d?l?t?rios, “noxious, deleterious”), from ??????? (d?l?t?r, “a destroyer”), from ???????? (d?léomai, “I hurt, damage, spoil, waste”), 1640s.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?l??t???i.?s/, /?d?l??t???i.?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?l??t??i.?s/
• Rhymes: -??ri?s

Adjective

deleterious (comparative more deleterious, superlative most deleterious)

1. Harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way.

   Synonyms: destructive, harmful, hurtful, injurious, noxious, pernicious; see also Thesaurus:harmful
2. (genetics) having lower fitness.

Derived terms

• deleteriously
• deleteriousness

Related terms

• delete
• deletion
• deletory

Translations

Further reading

• deleterious at OneLook Dictionary Search
• deleterious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “deleterious”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

References

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.