Hopkins emerged as a hate figure in the media, during her time on the programme.

Why is this rather ordinary-looking man such a hate figure?

Thatcher was a hated figure in some sections of British society.

He was widely regarded as a hate figure amongst Republicans.

It seems a shame that a few lines in his fourth novel should have turned him into this hate figure.

If it's the latter they'll soon be up there with investment bankers as hate figures.

Iran's growing isolation was mirrored by that of its great hate figure, Israel.

As a villain, Shylock was supposed to be a hate figure.

This made him a hate figure to many of his fellow Zimbabwean whites.

Knives, too, were flaying through the air, to find their mark in that hated figure of justice.

As a leader of a protest against a key Thatcherite hate figure, he was the obvious choice.

Nah, ill take being a hate figure of society anyday.

The writer's stance made him a hate figure for many, even threats of physical violence ensuing.

He has since became somewhat of a hate figure amongst Leeds fans.

Hate figure Grimsby have always been our main rivals, and usually higher than us in the pyramid.

Rushdie is a hate figure across the Muslim world.

He was acquitted for a second time and thus became even more of a hate figure for the radical left.

This made him a hate figure amongst nationalists in Dunloy.

She hated figuring out who was conspiring with whom.

We hate figuring the sales tax we have to send off every month."

This outraged local residents, who were happy with the prior state of things, and Udall became a hated figure to many.

In most of the country he is an intensely hated figure, and there seems no doubt that he will be found guilty.

With his success comes enemies - as he finds himself a hated figure of anti-pornography activists.

These repenters became hated figures, and the word for them, tavab, a term of abuse.

Sarah Palin becomes most hated figure in environmental world