spiteful
adjective
full of spite or malice; showing spite; malicious; malevolent; venomous.
spitefully
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a word derived from
spiteful.
Example Sentences
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He can still spitefully quote the negative reviews for his 1940 musical “Pal Joey.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2025
“Oh yes he did, oh yes he did,” she said, according to the filing, which says that Carroll made the comments “with an intent to significantly and spitefully harm and attack” the former president.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2023
“They are making bucketloads of money,” Giuseppe Martino, a third-generation owner of one of the many gold-buying stores that have sprouted around the palace over the centuries, said spitefully.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2020
“They make the life without glory,” she says, spitefully, of the dried-up women who mock her.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 21, 2019
Malfoy was looking furious, and as Ginny passed him to enter her classroom, he yelled spitefully after her, “I don’t think Potter liked your valentine much!”
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
