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hatefully

adverb

Definition of hatefullynext
as in despitefully
in a mean or spiteful manner many voters were turned off by the way the candidate hatefully dredged up his opponent's marital troubles

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatefully
  1. despitefully
  2. bitterly
  3. maliciously
  4. viciously
  5. malevolently
  6. virulently
  7. wickedly
Adverb
  • In other words, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you.
    — Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
Definition of despitefully
Adverb
  • China is demanding the US ease export bans on high-tech goods, like chipmaking gear; the US bitterly complains about Chinese overproduction and transhipment.
    — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Mars is bitterly cold, and its thin atmosphere and long-dead magnetic field leave the surface open to deadly radiation (both from the sun and from deep space).
    — Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of bitterly
Adverb
  • The lengthydocument details how Anthropic found and prevented various cases of its AI models being used maliciously between December 2025 and August 2026.
    — Greta Reich, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Penal Code 597 states that any person who who maliciously and intentionally maims, mutilates, tortures, or wounds a living animal is guilty of a crime.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of maliciously
Adverb
  • He had been viciously attacked seemingly while asleep, struck multiple times in the face with a sharp, ax-like instrument, The Herald News reported.
    — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Some of the attacks were viciously personal, like about how a deceased family member deserved to die.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of viciously
Adverb
  • Images of Labubus beamed malevolently from their packaging, as if gloating in their unreachability.
    — Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
Definition of malevolently
Adverb
  • But last year Sa’ar instructed Israeli diplomats to set up channels to France’s National Rally, Spain’s ultranationalist Vox party, and the far-right Sweden Democrats—all of which espouse virulently Islamophobic platforms.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
  • We were warned by President and Supreme Allied Commander Dwight Eisenhower, along with United States Marine Major General Smedley Butler about the virulently toxic, corruptive and destabilizing influences exerted upon our government by the military industrial complex.
    — Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
Definition of virulently
Adverb
  • Elle Fanning stars as a wickedly mischievous Catherine, with Nicholas Hoult in the dual role of her husband, the petulant manchild Emperor Peter III, and his body double, Yemelyan Pugachev.
    — Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Hadid smiles wickedly at the memory of her team presenting to her huge poster boards plastered with images of herself every time she had been photographed in jeans through the years.
    — Max Berlinger, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of wickedly
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“Hatefully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatefully. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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