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spiteful

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spite·ful  (sptfl)
adj.
Filled with, prompted by, or showing spite; malicious.
spiteful·ly adv.
spiteful·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.spitefulspiteful - showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite; "a despiteful fiend"; "a truly spiteful child"; "a vindictive man will look for occasions for resentment"
despiteful, vindictive
malicious - having the nature of or resulting from malice; "malicious gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling
spiteful
adjective malicious, nasty, vindictive, cruel, malignant, barbed, malevolent, venomous, bitchy (informal) snide, rancorous, catty (informal) splenetic, shrewish, ill-disposed, ill-natured
Translations
spiteful [ˈspaɪtful] adj → rencoroso, malévolo
spiteful [ˈspaɪtful] spite adj → malveillant(e) → rancunier/ière
spiteful [ˈspaɪtful] spite adj → boshaft, gemein
spiteful [ˈspaɪtful] adj → dispettoso/a; [tongue, remark] → maligno/a, velenoso/a


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He had a vague notion that the deformity of Wakem's son had some relation to the lawyer's rascality, of which he had so often heard his father talk with hot emphasis; and he felt, too, a half-admitted fear of him as probably a spiteful fellow, who, not being able to fight you, had cunning ways of doing you a mischief by the sly.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
The idea of striking down this spiteful bully passed like lightning through the brain of the tulip-fancier.
The Black Tulip by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
But very soon I saw the reason of it and joined them heartily, for the monkeys, annoyed and wishing to pay us back in our own coin, began to tear the nuts from the trees and cast them at us with angry and spiteful gestures, so that after very little labour our sacks were filled with the fruit which we could not otherwise have obtained.
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