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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Time to update: Apple has discovered hackers exploiting an iOS bug via malicious media files.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
16 Apr. 2025
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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
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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Employees losing jobs because companies will lay off workers to off-set the expense of tariffs will also mean fewer customers buying goods and services, creating a vicious cycle that depresses both corporate revenues and economic growth.—
Solange Charas,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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But this is the cruel and unreasonable state of this Administration's deportation policy.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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Such evidence could support the view that incessant loud noise amounts to torture or cruel treatment towards cetaceans, in turn galvanizing support for a new right to be free from such harm.—
David Gruber,
Time,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Mingyang took the center of the Octagon from the beginning, landed hard leg kicks, and opened a nasty gash on Smith’s forehead with a step-in elbow.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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That is exactly what the Giants need: nastier players on both sides of the ball.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Hateful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hateful. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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