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Causing or deserving hate; loathsome; detestable; odious
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- Causing or deserving hate; loathsome; detestable; odious
- (Archaic) Feeling or showing hate; malicious; malevolent
- (Informal) Very unpleasant or unappealing:
(Law) Done with malice.
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- (Law) Done with malice.
- Having, showing, or caused by malice; spiteful; intentionally mischievous or harmful
- Having the nature of or resulting from malice; deliberately harmful; spiteful:
Feeling or showing resentment
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- Feeling or showing resentment
- Inclined to resent, who tends to harbor resentment, when wronged.
- Full of, characterized by, or inclined to feel indignant ill will.
Revengeful in spirit; inclined to seek vengeance
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- Revengeful in spirit; inclined to seek vengeance
- Marked by or resulting from a desire to hurt; spiteful.
- Said or done in revenge; characterized by vengeance
angry
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cruel
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vindictive
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By, for, or about black people as a group; specif., in the U.S., by, for, or about black Americans
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- By, for, or about black people as a group; specif., in the U.S., by, for, or about black Americans
- Being of the color black, producing or reflecting comparatively little light and having no predominant hue.
- Evil; wicked:
(Archaic) Spiteful; malicious
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Angry, irritable, disagreeable, etc.
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- Angry, irritable, disagreeable, etc.
- Morally bad or wrong; wicked:
- Characterized by or indicating future misfortune; ominous:
Full of hatred.
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- Full of hatred.
- (Archaic) Feeling or showing hate; malicious; malevolent
- Nasty, unpleasant, objectionable, etc.
Having a harmful influence:
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- Having a harmful influence:
- Wishing evil or harm to others; having or showing ill will; malicious
(Law) Done with malice.
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- (Law) Done with malice.
- Having, showing, or caused by malice; spiteful; intentionally mischievous or harmful
- Having the nature of or resulting from malice; deliberately harmful; spiteful:
Showing ill will; malicious
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- Showing ill will; malicious
- Intending or threatening harm or ill will; malevolent:
- Evil or harmful in nature or effect:
Causing or likely to cause death
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- Causing or likely to cause death
- Having or showing ill will; malicious:
- Relating to cancer cells that are invasive and tend to metastasize. Malignant tumor cells are histologically more primitive than normal tissue.
Expressing spite or malice:
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- Expressing spite or malice:
- (Slang) Hard to cope with; difficult or troublesome:
- Ignoble; base:
Exasperatingly difficult to solve or handle:
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- Exasperatingly difficult to solve or handle:
- Very dangerous, troublesome, grievous, etc.
- Mean; malicious; ill-humored
Capable of harming or killing by poison:
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- Capable of harming or killing by poison:
- (Of an animal) Inedible due to containing poison; poisonous to eat
- Full of ill will; malicious or spiteful:
(Zool.) Having a poison gland or glands and able to inflict a poisonous wound by biting or stinging
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- (Zool.) Having a poison gland or glands and able to inflict a poisonous wound by biting or stinging
- Secreting and transmitting venom:
- Full of or containing venom:
Faulty or defective:
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- Faulty or defective:
- Having bad or harmful habits; unruly
- Malicious; spiteful; mean
Severe and distressing:
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- Severe and distressing:
- (Slang) Strikingly good, effective, or skillful:
- Morally bad or wrong; acting or done with evil intent; depraved
Bad-tempered or malicious
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- Bad-tempered or malicious
- In a bad mood; irritable or cranky.
- Mean, spiteful, or overbearing.
Vengeful, vindictive. [from 16th c.]
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- Vengeful, vindictive. [from 16th c.]
- Full of or given to revenge.
- Vengeful
Characterized by or stemming from a desire for revenge:
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- Characterized by or stemming from a desire for revenge:
- Desiring vengeance; vindictive:
- Desiring or seeking vengeance; vindictive
Said or done in revenge; characterized by vengeance
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- Said or done in revenge; characterized by vengeance
- Marked by or resulting from a desire to hurt; spiteful.
- Revengeful in spirit; inclined to seek vengeance
attitude
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forgiveness
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