hatesome

adj

"hatesome" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“hatesome” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marked by hate; displaying or expressing hatred; hateful

Corpus desk

Index EN-hatesome · hatesome · English

hatesome · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "H" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for hatesome
PropertyValue
Headwordhatesome
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “hatesome” in English

hatesomesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hatesome is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Marked by hate; displaying or expressing hatred; hateful".

hatesome doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English hatesum, hatsum, equivalent to hate + -some. The correct English form is hatesome, spelled H-A-T-E-S-O-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Marked by hate; displaying or expressing hatred; hateful

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how hatesome appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The floods are drained away, and there is nothing left to me but a parched dullness, more hatesome than ever for my dread of it is eternal.
  2. Davina did a hatesome thing: She turned and flung her braid over her shoulder, swatting Nan Shaw in the face.

Etymology

From Middle English hatesum, hatsum, equivalent to hate + -some.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hatesome"?
"hatesome" is spelled H-A-T-E-S-O-M-E.
What does "hatesome" mean?
As an adjective, "hatesome" means: Marked by hate; displaying or expressing hatred; hateful
What is the origin of the word "hatesome"?
From Middle English hatesum, hatsum, equivalent to hate + -some. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list