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spiteful [ˈspaɪtfʊl] adj
full of or motivated by spite; vindictive spitefully adv spitefulness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
spiteful adjective malicious, nasty, vindictive, cruel, malignant, barbed, malevolent, venomous, bitchy (informal), snide, rancorous, catty (informal), splenetic, shrewish, ill-disposed, ill-natured He could be spiteful. Translations spiteful [ˈspaɪtfʊl] ADJ [person] (= resentful) → rencoroso; (= malicious) → malicioso; [action] → malintencionado to be spiteful to sb → tratar a algn con rencor, ser rencoroso con algn spiteful spiteful [ˈspaɪtfʊl] adj (person, behaviour) → dispettoso/a; (tongue, remark) → maligno/a, velenoso/a spiteful [ˈspaɪtfʊl] adj (person, behaviour) → dispettoso/a; (tongue, remark) → maligno/a, velenoso/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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 idea of striking down this spiteful bully passed like lightning through the brain of the tulip-fancier. 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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