as in malice
the desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm
her political commentary seems to be nothing more than an exercise in hatefulness and vicious invective
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatefulness
Noun
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Developing skepticism means questioning information sources and intentions without assuming malice.—
Omaid Homayun,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025 -
The page, which remained available at the time this post went live on Ars, has no reports of malice on Virus Total.—
Dan Goodin,
Ars Technica,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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What’s been really interesting to me about the Blake situation is how much of the hatred against her is coming from women.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
28 Mar. 2025
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Thanks to his efforts to take a chain saw to the federal government through DOGE, Elon Musk has attracted a level of ire from left-wing activists that now rivals their level of hatred for President Trump.—
The Editors,
National Review,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Bioactive compounds in the venom of related species have contributed to medical advancements, including pain treatments.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
11 Mar. 2025
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Frog venom originated in Mexico and South America and is commonly used for ritual purposes.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Sullivan was arrested on March 12 and charged with first-degree assault, second-degree kidnapping, first-degree unlawful restraint, cruelty to persons and first-degree reckless endangerment.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Officers added at the time that she'd been arrested and charged with assault in the first degree, kidnapping in the second degree, unlawful restraint in the first degree, cruelty to persons and reckless endangerment in the first degree.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Hatefulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatefulness. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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