Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable or worthy of being hated; odious.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Capable of being, or deserving to be, hated; odious; detestable.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Capable of being hated.
  • adjective Deserving hatred; detestable.

Etymologies

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hate +‎ -able

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Examples

  • I think the word he wanted to coin was “hatable,” but he could have expressed his hateful twisted views without twisting the English language if he were familiar with the word “desipicable” (he should not be despicable but, if he must be, he should use “despicable”).

    Matthew Yglesias » The Anti-Terror Right’s Incentive Problem 2010

  • Geez, he's just about the most-hatable character ever.

    Channel Surfing with C.T. | the TV addict 2008

  • LOWRY: He is not as hatable as Newt, that's the problem.

    CNN Transcript Dec 30, 2001 2001

  • Finances apart, the short movie is another result of zombie-state conditioning; no one enters a theater with the comfortable assumption that no matter who the people in the movie are, or how lovable or hatable they may be, one will only have to be involved with them for 119 minutes or less.

    film flam Larry McMurtry 1987

  • Finances apart, the short movie is another result of zombie-state conditioning; no one enters a theater with the comfortable assumption that no matter who the people in the movie are, or how lovable or hatable they may be, one will only have to be involved with them for 119 minutes or less.

    film flam Larry McMurtry 1987

  • Finances apart, the short movie is another result of zombie-state conditioning; no one enters a theater with the comfortable assumption that no matter who the people in the movie are, or how lovable or hatable they may be, one will only have to be involved with them for 119 minutes or less.

    film flam Larry McMurtry 1987

  • It was good to have definite information, to know that this Miles Morgan was hatable.

    The Madigans Miriam Michelson 1906

  • But, I need either a likeable or hatable character.

    Irish Blogs Susan Hated Literature 2010

  • DVD Talk: It was just odd to find people asking, why are these people so hatable?

    DVD Talk john@dvdtalk.com 2010

  • Christian Laettner has long been the standard bearer as the most hatable player, possibly in college basketball history.

    Kentucky Sports Radio 2009

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