as in malicious
having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it
the girl's classmates were bullying her online, sending her hateful e-mails and text messages
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Recent Examples of hateful
Except for then-Council member Dan Kalb, who suggested some remarks were crazy, not one council member rose to condemn these hateful falsehoods.
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Mark Cohen, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
Unfortunately, Oakland’s antisemitism has escalated beyond hateful words.
—Mark Cohen, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
To say that God supports states’ right is a familiar form of religious hypocrisy, where the elasticity of the Gospel accommodates whatever hateful political nonsense is circulating at the time.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2025
Yet there seems to be a mood hovering over our country where no one seems to want to call out the leaders, who are dragging down the country with their hateful ways of communicating.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
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Mark Cohen, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
Unfortunately, Oakland’s antisemitism has escalated beyond hateful words.
—Mark Cohen, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
To say that God supports states’ right is a familiar form of religious hypocrisy, where the elasticity of the Gospel accommodates whatever hateful political nonsense is circulating at the time.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2025
Yet there seems to be a mood hovering over our country where no one seems to want to call out the leaders, who are dragging down the country with their hateful ways of communicating.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hateful
Adjective
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These emails might include malicious links designed to install malware or steal login information.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Time to update: Apple has discovered hackers exploiting an iOS bug via malicious media files.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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This was a vicious weaponization of your government.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Shauna may be the vicious Antler Queen now, but Lottie also played a role in Mari’s death.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Everybody else has no choice, really, other than to bring a cruel, narcissistic far-right leader to power.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2025
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The cruelest part is that the good ones are mixed with the bad ones.—
Matt Rivers,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Switching out a pump in a pit filled with raw sewage is nasty work.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
12 Apr. 2025
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The bear is back and things may stay nasty for the rest of 2025.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Hateful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hateful. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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