Hateful
adjective
Strong dislike or ill-will towards someone or something.
His racist comments were not just wrong, but they were hateful.
Often appears as...
- hateful act
- hateful comments
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Disapproving
adjective
Causing or deserving hate.
His hateful actions caused a lot of damage to the community.
Often appears as...
- hateful crime
- hateful conduct
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Disapproving
adjective
Strong dislike or ill-will towards someone or something.
His racist comments were not just wrong, but they were hateful.
Often appears as...
- hateful act
- hateful comments
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Causing or deserving hate.
His hateful actions caused a lot of damage to the community.
Often appears as...
- hateful crime
- hateful conduct
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
'Hateful' conveys strong emotions and shouldn't be used lightly.
She couldn't hide her hateful feelings when talking about the betrayal.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Context
Use 'hateful' to express negativity in actions, speech, or attitudes.
The debate turned ugly when one participant made hateful remarks.
Pro Tip 3/3Harsh Judgment
'Hateful' implies a harsh and unkind judgment towards others.
His hateful critique of her work left her feeling discouraged.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
'Hateful' conveys strong emotions and shouldn't be used lightly.
She couldn't hide her hateful feelings when talking about the betrayal.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Context
Use 'hateful' to express negativity in actions, speech, or attitudes.
The debate turned ugly when one participant made hateful remarks.
Pro Tip 3/3Harsh Judgment
'Hateful' implies a harsh and unkind judgment towards others.
His hateful critique of her work left her feeling discouraged.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
'Hateful' conveys strong emotions and shouldn't be used lightly.
She couldn't hide her hateful feelings when talking about the betrayal.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Context
Use 'hateful' to express negativity in actions, speech, or attitudes.
The debate turned ugly when one participant made hateful remarks.
Pro Tip 3/3Harsh Judgment
'Hateful' implies a harsh and unkind judgment towards others.
His hateful critique of her work left her feeling discouraged.
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Texting that saves lives...
school you could see the immediate impact of legislation or a hateful speech that somebody gives in a school assembly and see what happens as a result this is really to me the power of texting and the power of data because while people are talking about data making it possible for facebook to mind
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How to foster productive...
to speak with someone who doesn't. But disagreement and discord can have real and meaningful costs. Disagreement, particularly in the form of hateful speech, can lead to deep and lasting wounds and sometimes result in violence. And in a world in which polarization and innovation are increasing
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The three rules of...
Trisha problem at fourteen years of age put together a technology called rethink and what it does is if you're about to post that hateful tweet or that hateful Facebook post it says they'll pop up are you sure you want to post this it looks like it could be hurtful ninety percent
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How forgiveness can...
and for offenders to take responsibility for their actions. As they describe their experiences and feelings about a theft or hateful graffiti or a verbal or physical assault, the victims and offenders often express strong emotions. And other members of the community take turns
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What we can do about the...
either I was just noticing them or they were getting worse, especially in the last few years. And as I felt more hateful -- rageful, really -- I noticed the world around me seemed to be getting more hateful, too. Like there was this steady undercurrent of hate
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Robert Wright: The logic...
two terms I don't like, but can't really avoid; in such a short span of time, they're efficient if nothing else -- it is non-zero-sum. And by that I mean, if people in the Muslim world get more hateful, more resentful, less happy with their place in the world,
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Is civility a sham? PIPE...
especially for tolerant societies, so societies like this one, that promise not only to protect diversity but also the heated and sometimes even hateful disagreements that that diversity inspires. You see, the thing about disagreement
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Yuval Noah Harari...
fearful voices in your head and fear and anger and hatred they harm you long before they harm anybody else if you walk around all day with all these hateful and fearful voices in your mind this destroys your peace of mind
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The difference between...
Frequent breakups and makeups, high highs and low as tension rises, so does volatility. Tearful, frustrated fights followed by emotional makeups, hateful and hurtful comments like,
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Why it's so hard to talk...
The six-letter word is like a capsule of accumulated hurt. Every time it is said, every time, it releases into the atmosphere the hateful notion that black people are less.
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Texting that saves lives...
school you could see the immediate impact of legislation or a hateful speech that somebody gives in a school assembly and see what happens as a result this is really to me the power of texting and the power of data because while people are talking about data making it possible for facebook to mind
Video examples
How to foster productive...
to speak with someone who doesn't. But disagreement and discord can have real and meaningful costs. Disagreement, particularly in the form of hateful speech, can lead to deep and lasting wounds and sometimes result in violence. And in a world in which polarization and innovation are increasing
Video examples
The three rules of...
Trisha problem at fourteen years of age put together a technology called rethink and what it does is if you're about to post that hateful tweet or that hateful Facebook post it says they'll pop up are you sure you want to post this it looks like it could be hurtful ninety percent
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How forgiveness can...
and for offenders to take responsibility for their actions. As they describe their experiences and feelings about a theft or hateful graffiti or a verbal or physical assault, the victims and offenders often express strong emotions. And other members of the community take turns
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What we can do about the...
either I was just noticing them or they were getting worse, especially in the last few years. And as I felt more hateful -- rageful, really -- I noticed the world around me seemed to be getting more hateful, too. Like there was this steady undercurrent of hate
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Robert Wright: The logic...
two terms I don't like, but can't really avoid; in such a short span of time, they're efficient if nothing else -- it is non-zero-sum. And by that I mean, if people in the Muslim world get more hateful, more resentful, less happy with their place in the world,
Video examples
Is civility a sham? PIPE...
especially for tolerant societies, so societies like this one, that promise not only to protect diversity but also the heated and sometimes even hateful disagreements that that diversity inspires. You see, the thing about disagreement
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Yuval Noah Harari...
fearful voices in your head and fear and anger and hatred they harm you long before they harm anybody else if you walk around all day with all these hateful and fearful voices in your mind this destroys your peace of mind
Video examples
The difference between...
Frequent breakups and makeups, high highs and low as tension rises, so does volatility. Tearful, frustrated fights followed by emotional makeups, hateful and hurtful comments like,
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Why it's so hard to talk...
The six-letter word is like a capsule of accumulated hurt. Every time it is said, every time, it releases into the atmosphere the hateful notion that black people are less.
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Hilton Als
American Writer
Moonlight' undoes our expectations as viewers, and as human beings, too. As we watch, another movie plays in our minds: real-life footage of the many forms of damage done to black men, which can sometimes lead them to turn that hateful madness on their own kind, passing on the poison that was their inheritance.
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Jazz Jennings
American Activist
On every single picture on my Instagram page, you'll find a negative comment. My supporters will normally stand up to that hateful person, and then it will become a big argument, and it's just a lot. I try to tell myself not to listen to the haters, and I try not to read the comments because it's not worth it.
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Lawrence O'Donnell
American Journalist
I love some of the most hateful tweets. I think they're very funny. In the negative attacks on me, there are frequently some real displays of humor. I want to reply, but I won't, because there are all sorts of other people making serious points that I care about, and I don't want them to be discouraged.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
I never read one hateful thing said about me by some 12 year old. So I got to live an actual life. And I've kept that mentality. Just because there's a hurricane going on around you doesn't mean you have to open the window and look at it.
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Mike Ferguson
American Politician
The growing tide of anti-Semitism shocks the conscious of everyone who values freedom, and the ugly, hateful acts particularly stain the character of democracies where liberty and religious freedom are supposed to be respected.
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Tomi Lahren
American Journalist
In order for me to be hurt by you, I have to respect you. I don't respect these hateful Internet trolls who have nothing better to do than attack my looks or the way I speak.
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Maddie Marlow
American Musician
We're not doing anything vicious or doing anything hateful. All we're doing is writing music that's our truth. I don't think there's any karma for that.
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Laura Schlessinger
American Writer
If you're a liberal, anything you say is protected. If you're a conservative, anything you say is hateful.
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Shelby Steele
American Author
For many on the left a hateful anti-Americanism has become a self-congratulatory lifestyle.
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Herodotus
Greek Historian
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Hilton Als
American Writer
Moonlight' undoes our expectations as viewers, and as human beings, too. As we watch, another movie plays in our minds: real-life footage of the many forms of damage done to black men, which can sometimes lead them to turn that hateful madness on their own kind, passing on the poison that was their inheritance.
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Jazz Jennings
American Activist
On every single picture on my Instagram page, you'll find a negative comment. My supporters will normally stand up to that hateful person, and then it will become a big argument, and it's just a lot. I try to tell myself not to listen to the haters, and I try not to read the comments because it's not worth it.
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Lawrence O'Donnell
American Journalist
I love some of the most hateful tweets. I think they're very funny. In the negative attacks on me, there are frequently some real displays of humor. I want to reply, but I won't, because there are all sorts of other people making serious points that I care about, and I don't want them to be discouraged.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
I never read one hateful thing said about me by some 12 year old. So I got to live an actual life. And I've kept that mentality. Just because there's a hurricane going on around you doesn't mean you have to open the window and look at it.
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Mike Ferguson
American Politician
The growing tide of anti-Semitism shocks the conscious of everyone who values freedom, and the ugly, hateful acts particularly stain the character of democracies where liberty and religious freedom are supposed to be respected.
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Tomi Lahren
American Journalist
In order for me to be hurt by you, I have to respect you. I don't respect these hateful Internet trolls who have nothing better to do than attack my looks or the way I speak.
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Maddie Marlow
American Musician
We're not doing anything vicious or doing anything hateful. All we're doing is writing music that's our truth. I don't think there's any karma for that.
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Laura Schlessinger
American Writer
If you're a liberal, anything you say is protected. If you're a conservative, anything you say is hateful.
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Shelby Steele
American Author
For many on the left a hateful anti-Americanism has become a self-congratulatory lifestyle.
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Herodotus
Greek Historian
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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