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
The other 1/3 were very hateful with threats, etc.
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Claire Osborn, Austin American Statesman, 23 Feb. 2026
Are human beings prone to doing hateful things?
—Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2026
Logan Paul called out his brother Jake Paul for his hateful take on the Bad Bunny halftime show.
—Prince J. Grimes, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
Olympian and actor Gus Kenworthy isn't backing down from voicing his anti-ICE opinions, even after receiving a barrage of hateful messages.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Feb. 2026
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Claire Osborn, Austin American Statesman, 23 Feb. 2026
Are human beings prone to doing hateful things?
—Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2026
Logan Paul called out his brother Jake Paul for his hateful take on the Bad Bunny halftime show.
—Prince J. Grimes, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
Olympian and actor Gus Kenworthy isn't backing down from voicing his anti-ICE opinions, even after receiving a barrage of hateful messages.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hateful
Adjective
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In reality, the messages are loaded with a malicious attachment.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
11 Mar. 2026
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Jason Hughes Many who left comments on the petition emphasized that Hughes' death did not come out of a malicious act and that the teenagers will have to live with the death for the rest of their lives.—
Maya Rosenberg,
NBC news,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Ironically, that war emboldened Iran, as the vicious Iraqi strongman was a regional counterbalance to the vicious mullahs.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
6 Mar. 2026
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The Islamic State, or ISIS, the most vicious terror group ever, found Iraq to be the perfect launching pad for its marauders.—
Nolan Finley,
Twin Cities,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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That’s the cruel beauty of golf.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2026
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Few Iranians will mourn the demise of the cruel and murderous Ayatollah Khamenei or his cohorts, and a large segment of Iranians want the corrupt religious regime gone.—
Trudy Rubin,
Twin Cities,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Vonn’s hugely successful World Cup season at age 41 was ended by a nasty crash one month ago at the Milan Cortina Olympics that wrecked her left leg.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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In the first inning of the club’s matchup with the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday afternoon, Sal Frelick waved haplessly at a nasty changeup from Edward Cabrera for his first strikeout of the day.—
Sahadev Sharma,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Hateful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hateful. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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