hate mail

noun

: extremely angry letters, email, etc.
They get a lot of hate mail from people who disagree with their policies.

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While one of his victims, 19-year-old Darrell Cabey, was paralyzed and suffered permanent brain damage in the shooting, he and the other victims were villainized, even receiving piles of hate mail. The Week Us, TheWeek, 4 Feb. 2026 And then there was the hate mail that flooded the mailboxes of the boys’ families, after both the Daily News and the Post had published their addresses. Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026 Goetz’s victims were, in turn, villainized and bombarded with hate mail. Heather Ann Thompson, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026 Zhu received handwritten hate mail tied to the post sent to her office. Alex Harring, CNBC, 21 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hate mail

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“Hate mail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hate%20mail. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.

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