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spitefulness

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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
Noun1.spitefulnessspitefulness - feeling a need to see others suffer
malice, maliciousness, spite, venom
malevolence, malignity - wishing evil to others
2.spitefulness - malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
bitchiness, cattiness, nastiness, spite
malevolency, malice, malevolence - the quality of threatening evil
Translations
spitefulness [ˈspaɪtfʊlnɪs] N (= resentment) → rencor m; (= malice) → malicia f
spitefulness
n → Boshaftigkeit f, → Gemeinheit f; (= gloating) → Schadenfreude f, → Gehässigkeit f


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Every little bone in Miggs's throat and neck developed itself with a spitefulness quite alarming, as she replied, 'Yes, mim, I will.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
(in his dismal, underground way) to the loss of the Moonstone, the spitefulness of our first house-maid, and the hard behaviour of the women-servants generally towards Rosanna Spearman.
The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context
Having first spoken in sheer crazy spitefulness against the man who had offended her, she was cunning enough to see that she had seriously frightened him, and sharp enough afterwards to discover that HE was concerned in shutting her up.
The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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