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
  • More than avoiding malice, we are called to take responsibility for the impact of our words.
    Andrew Weinstein, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Understand that controlling behaviors may stem from fear and insecurity rather than malice.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Raised under Augusta’s religious terror and hatred for women, Ed tries to hide his penchant for ladies’ underwear and masturbation to no avail.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Not as a land of fear, not as a divisiveness, not of government censorship, not of hatred.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Raising it above heart level could quicken distribution of the venom to other parts of the body.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Krishna discovers that Kaliya is living beneath the surface of a local pond and poisoning its waters with his venom.
    Seamus Sullivan September 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Cobb was arrested and charged with murder in the second degree and cruelty to children in the second degree, both felonies, police said.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Gibson was charged with cruelty to animals, taken into custody, and later released on a $20,000 bond.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 7 Oct. 2025

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“Hatefulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatefulness. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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