hate mail

Noun

Meaning

mail that expresses the writer's dislike or hatred (usually in offensive language)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

hate speech name calling death threat poison pen letter warning letter hate letter letter threatening blackmail letter hate letters hate messages hostile correspondence message of hate messages of hate threatening e-mails threatening letter

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Antonyms

approval praise acclaim applause flattery approbation

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Hypernyms

post mail

Examples

What is nonmeasurable and nonpredictable will remain nonmeasurable and nonpredictable ... no matter how much hate mail I get. Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I love reader mail, and I do read it, but I won't read hate mail. Ayelet Waldman

They said I was a valued customer, now they send me hate mail. Sophie Kinsella

And I love the hate mail I get, the unsigned, misspelled letters I get telling me to go back to Russia or wherever. Henry Rollins

You wouldn't believe the kind of hate mail I get about my work on irregular verbs. Steven Pinker

At this point, I think I would garner a lot of hate mail if I was now on the cover of Modern Drummer seeing as I'm not a modern drummer anymore. Jason Schwartzman

Close letter words and terms

hate intensely hate letter hate letters hate mailer hate messages hate music