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
How did a show about making out make fans so hateful?
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Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025
If the state is really intent on enforcing crosswalk-marking standards and not just intent on pushing a hateful, exclusionist agenda, the answer will be yes.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
America will never move forward, nor heal, as a society of diverse people with diverse stories, if any of its people are being silenced, ignored, purely because some with power are hateful of whole truths.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
The nonprofit’s promotional ads were on social media including Facebook, where it was met with some explicitly hateful comments aimed at the LGBTQ community, Carolina Theatre spokesman Jared Misner said.
—Charlotte Observer, 15 Aug. 2025
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Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025
If the state is really intent on enforcing crosswalk-marking standards and not just intent on pushing a hateful, exclusionist agenda, the answer will be yes.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
America will never move forward, nor heal, as a society of diverse people with diverse stories, if any of its people are being silenced, ignored, purely because some with power are hateful of whole truths.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
The nonprofit’s promotional ads were on social media including Facebook, where it was met with some explicitly hateful comments aimed at the LGBTQ community, Carolina Theatre spokesman Jared Misner said.
—Charlotte Observer, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hateful
Adjective
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The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links that install malware, which potentially accesses your private information, is to have strong antivirus software installed on all your devices.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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When Tony's security company faces an attack from unknown malicious forces, the family goes on the run across Europe while figuring out who is after them, according to Paramount.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Once infected, the body demands even more energy to fend off infection, leading to a vicious cycle.—
Michal Ruprecht,
NPR,
8 Sep. 2025
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Masked country crooner Orville Peck will keep his face covered while playing Vega, the vicious fighter who uses metal claws as one of his weapons.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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Because of the cruel math of throughput and utilization, over ten days, only three hundred people experienced Blur.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Tamra was awful to Gretchen back then, culminating in the Naked Wasted Party, which was one of the cruelest things to ever happen on Housewives.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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Sean Gardner/Getty Images This comes just weeks after Zilisch suffered a nasty fall from his car in Victory Lane at Watkins Glen, which resulted in a broken collarbone.—
Lydia Mee,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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Parents pushing, people cutting lines, nasty attitudes everywhere, especially outside and in Sephora.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Hateful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hateful. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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