antihumanitarian

adjective

Definition of antihumanitariannext
as in malignant

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antihumanitarian
  1. malignant
  2. virulent
  3. malicious
  4. malevolent
  5. uncharitable
  6. malign
  7. spiteful
  8. hateful
Adjective
  • Various types of cancer, in which malignant tumors invade surrounding tissues, contributed to between 13,000 and 20,000 deaths annually in this time frame.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • Asymptomatic lesions discovered incidentally in populations could also be monitored en masse to generate a robust database that would help researchers learn which types of lesions are more (or less) likely to turn malignant.
    — Paul Hsieh, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of malignant
Adjective
  • Deaths from influenza rose slightly, partly due to an unusually virulent strain circulating last year, although falling vaccination rates may also have contributed, The Wall Street Journal reported.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 2 July 2026
  • This petition must be placed within a tense French context, after several months of virulent criticism aimed at cinema.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 4 June 2026
Definition of virulent
Adjective
  • According to the Macomb County Prosecutor's Office, 37-year-old Adam Mazur-Baker was arraigned Tuesday on one count of using a computer to commit a crime and one count of malicious use of telecommunications services.
    — DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • This command executes malicious code inside the AppleScript directly.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026
Definition of malicious
Adjective
  • Peter Gosselin Washington Moyn’s article and the accompanying cover photograph—showing old people as malevolent and evil—were not up to the usual standards of Harper’s Magazine.
    — Peter Gosselin, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • Or was the hole man-made with a malevolent intent, perhaps plundering a grave for artifacts?
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026
Definition of malevolent
Adjective
  • Too many become uncharitable to the policies that helped them and the immigrants who followed.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • There is no need to be uncharitable.
    — Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 25 Apr. 2026
Definition of uncharitable
Adjective
  • North Korea, Russia, and China could use cryptocurrency to move money, bypass controls, and expand malign influence.
    — Richard Nephew, Fortune, 2 July 2026
  • The prices, the vast distances fans have to cover, the hijacking of the tournament by malign political forces, the environmental damage that all of this travel is causing… there is plenty to take the edge off the primal joy that the football has given us.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 23 June 2026
Definition of malign
Adjective
  • Everyone has an acid tongue and brims with spiteful resentment.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 27 May 2026
  • This is an essential part of our checks and balances system to prevent a corrupt president from dragging our nation into costly, dangerous, or spiteful wars.
    — Jeff Horseman, Oc Register, 5 May 2026
Definition of spiteful
Adjective
  • After about a month, when the social media and news backlash started to settle down, Johnson said the hateful comments stopped coming in.
    — Elijah Polance, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026
  • White attributed most of the hateful comments to online agitators rather than true WNBA or Indiana Fever fans.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of hateful
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“Antihumanitarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antihumanitarian. Accessed 9 Jul. 2026.

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