spiteful
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5.1
- adjective
- /ˈspaɪt.fəl/
:
malicioso
- On the contrary, he seemed to take a certain spiteful pleasure in their downfall.
- just spiteful
- spiteful and petty
- spiteful and vindictive
Marxists are resentful and spiteful and nasty.
- Marxists are resentful and spiteful and nasty.
- I said, he's mean, he's jealous, he's spiteful.
- And in the worst cases of abuse, it felt like it almost a spiteful thing to say.
- I hate that people can be so hateful, so spiteful.
- You know, like when women get together, the bridge club can be quite spiteful or quite awful or quite wonderful.
- And then I became spiteful, not spiteful.
- Okay, made the cursed luck of fallen on thy head and spiteful.
Examples
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"All right," she said now, her voice a little more spiteful and confident than Alex expected.
Fiction book (1995) -
Amy can be the most loving, giving child but then she can turn around and be so spiteful and mean and I don't want to lose my only child.
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So spiteful and mean, he married her.
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All I know is I am not a spiteful person.
Fiction book (2000) -
You know, like when women get together, the bridge club can be quite spiteful or quite awful or quite wonderful.
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And in the worst cases of abuse, it felt like it almost a spiteful thing to say.
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Yeah, the spiteful ones live the longest.
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I've never experienced this kind of spiteful satisfaction before, and I do recognize it for what it is.
Fiction book (2002) -
She's always been a spiteful, little pest.
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He said some spiteful things during the argument that really hurt her feelings.
Synonyms
699
2.2
Unkind and cruel toward other people
116
3.6
Making people feel strong dislike or anger
89
5.8
Wanting to hurt someone or damage their good name
46
7.9
Wanting strongly to hurt someone who hurt you
37
6.9
Wanting to harm someone because they hurt you
6
6.3
Showing strong hate and wanting to hurt someone
2
5.8
Wanting to hurt someone who hurt you
Wanting to hurt or upset other people
Refuses to cooperate to cause trouble
Antonyms
How Spiteful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Spiteful comes from spite, a word that once meant 'contempt' or 'to look down on' and is related to despise. So, to be spiteful is to act from that feeling, trying to hurt or upset someone on purpose.