hate-watchable

English

Etymology

From hate-watch +‎ -able.

Adjective

hate-watchable (comparative more hate-watchable, superlative most hate-watchable)

  1. Capable of, or suitable for, being hate-watched.
    • 2012 September 27, Joshua Alston, “As fall shows begin on US TV, here are the ones you'll love to hate-watch”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 October 2026:
      The title and the premise make it [The Mob Doctor] sound less hate-watchable than just, y'know, hateable, and there's an undeniable cheese factor that permeates the pilot.
    • 2013 February 24, Christopher Borrelli, “What does hate-watching mean?”, in Chicago Tribune:
      If your hate-watching involves guilt, you are not doing it in the proper spirit. To be fair, this can be confusing: The divisions between hate-watchable TV, camp (delivered with a wink) and guilty pleasures (which generally offer no pretense of quality) can seem razor thin.
    • 2013 July 19, Jarrad Saffren, “Aaron Sorkin brings hate-watching to a narrative medium”, in The Daily Orange‎[2], Syracuse University, archived from the original on 26 December 2024:
      This is the point of connection that makes “The Newsroom” so hate-watchable.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:hate-watchable.
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