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
In January, students barged into an Israeli history class and distributed flyers with antisemitic and hateful rhetoric.
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Rachel Wolf, Fox News, 8 Mar. 2025
Connecticut lawmakers are considering a bill that would change the way colleges and universities monitor and handle speech that some consider hateful.
—Amanda McCard, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2025
Millie Bobby Brown is fighting back, once again, against hateful comments on her appearance.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
Shaw, one of the world’s top strikers, had been targeted with hateful messages on social media after Manchester City’s loss to Arsenal earlier this month.
—Oumou Fofana, Essence, 21 Feb. 2025
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Rachel Wolf, Fox News, 8 Mar. 2025
Connecticut lawmakers are considering a bill that would change the way colleges and universities monitor and handle speech that some consider hateful.
—Amanda McCard, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2025
Millie Bobby Brown is fighting back, once again, against hateful comments on her appearance.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
Shaw, one of the world’s top strikers, had been targeted with hateful messages on social media after Manchester City’s loss to Arsenal earlier this month.
—Oumou Fofana, Essence, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hateful
Adjective
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The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious apps is to have antivirus software installed on all your devices.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
11 Mar. 2025
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Fraudsters are increasingly using generative AI to write convincing phishing emails, improve deepfakes, and draft new forms of malicious code — making scams harder to detect.—
Sam Sabin,
Axios,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Ferran’s Blanche puts up a vicious fight, but Mescal’s Stanley relishes the roughhousing.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
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At age 55, the director of the vicious South Korean social satire Parasite specializes in adolescent appeal.—
Armond White,
National Review,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In Season 2, a cruel winter brings new challenges and unfinished business to Jacob (Harrison Ford) and Cara (Helen Mirren) back at Dutton ranch.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
19 Mar. 2025
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Michael, in a filmed conversation with Grace, claimed that his ex-wife had manipulated him and was cruel to Natalia.—
Fortesa Latifi,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2025
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And then, to top a nasty joke with a nastier one, he was deemed useless for the final twenty years of his life.—
Jackson Arn,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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That jab opened up several nasty cuts around Rountree's eye and on the bridge of his nose.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Hateful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hateful. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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