spiteful
full of spite or malice; showing spite; malicious; malevolent; venomous: a spiteful child.
Origin of spiteful
1synonym study For spiteful
Other words for spiteful
Opposites for spiteful
Other words from spiteful
- spite·ful·ly, adverb
- spite·ful·ness, noun
- un·spite·ful, adjective
- un·spite·ful·ly, adverb
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How to use spiteful in a sentence
I gather, from your report of it, it's a regular old-fashioned hair-pulling sort of feminine spitefulness.
In the Onyx Lobby | Carolyn WellsThere was no longer the same zest in the little scandals and petty spitefulness of a private school.
Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton MackenzieIt is the essence of spitefulness to say that nothing can be a benefit which does not cause some inconvenience to the giver.
L. Annaeus Seneca On Benefits | Seneca"Chick-a-rer chick" is its usual call-note, jerked out with great spitefulness.
Bird Neighbors | Neltje BlanchanNeither his mother nor the baron noticed his attitude of spitefulness.
The Burning Secret | Stefan Zweig
British Dictionary definitions for spiteful
/ (ˈspaɪtfʊl) /
full of or motivated by spite; vindictive
Derived forms of spiteful
- spitefully, adverb
- spitefulness, noun
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