hate mail
noun
: extremely angry letters, email, etc.
They get a lot of hate mail from people who disagree with their policies.
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Her employer, Inside Edition, was inundated with anti-trans hate mail, which Tur says led them to fire her.
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Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2025
There’s also her nearly lifelong struggle with Lyme disease (which was undiagnosed for decades), the hate mail and random abuse her ideas and stances have earned, and, of course, being physically attacked by Courtney Love at Lollapalooza in 1995.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
Cross-kingdom correspondence isn’t always hate mail.
—Annie Melchor, WIRED, 13 Oct. 2024
Pyles said Weihe's letter and their new friendship has completely canceled out all the hate mail, inspiring him to not only keep his Halloween display, but to expand it.
—Steve Hartman, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2024
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Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2025
There’s also her nearly lifelong struggle with Lyme disease (which was undiagnosed for decades), the hate mail and random abuse her ideas and stances have earned, and, of course, being physically attacked by Courtney Love at Lollapalooza in 1995.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
Cross-kingdom correspondence isn’t always hate mail.
—Annie Melchor, WIRED, 13 Oct. 2024
Pyles said Weihe's letter and their new friendship has completely canceled out all the hate mail, inspiring him to not only keep his Halloween display, but to expand it.
—Steve Hartman, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2024
See All Example Sentences for hate mail
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“Hate mail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hate%20mail. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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