hatefulness

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Recent Examples of hatefulness Comment sections have always attracted hatefulness and resentment; these ones just happen to encourage it more explicitly. Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatefulness
Noun
  • They’re built not to resist developers but, as their name suggests, they’re intentionally designed, with a degree of malice, to annoy someone specific.
    Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Emerson's defense team argued that the case was more about mental health than malice.
    Maddie Garfinkle, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The endorsement comes as Cuomo has lobbed increasingly caustic attacks on Mamdani, equating his criticism of Israel with antisemitism and warning of a city beset by crime, hatred and disorder if his opponent wins.
    Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield hasn't been shy about his hatred of the rival NFL franchise.
    Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At Venomworld, herpetologist Remi Ksas collects venom from some of the world’s most dangerous snakes for medical and pharmaceutical uses.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The scorpion, who will sting with their poisonous venom when hurt, is extremely intuitive and highly aware of their surroundings.
    Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Horror seems cathartic, or psychically protective—a safe ritual that admits the reality of violence and cruelty while also warding it off, like a ceremonial demon mask.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • What has changed in recent years, Pettman argues, is the ease—and cruelty—with which people can enter and exit one another’s lives.
    Anna Holmes, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Hatefulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatefulness. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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