spiteful

  • 1Spiteful — Spite ful, a. Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to vex, annoy, or injure; malignant; malicious; as, a spiteful person or act. Shak. {Spite ful*ly}, adv. {Spite ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2spiteful — I adjective acrimonious, antagonistic, antipathetic, belligerent, caustic, contrary, despiteful, envenomed, evil minded, froward, harsh, hateful, hostile, ill disposed, ill intentioned, ill natured, inimical, invidious, lividus, malevolent,… …

    Law dictionary

  • 3spiteful — mid 15c., from SPITE (Cf. spite) + FUL (Cf. ful). Related: Spitefully; spitefulness …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 4spiteful — *malignant, *malicious, malevolent, malign Analogous words: rancorous, antipathetic, antagonistic, hostile (see corresponding nouns at ENMITY): *vindictive, revengeful, vengeful …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 5spiteful — [adj] hurtful, nasty accidentally on purpose*, angry, barbed, catty*, cruel, cussed*, despiteful, dirty, evil, hateful, ill disposed, illnatured, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, ornery*, rancorous, snide, spleenful, splenetic,… …

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  • 6spiteful — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ showing or caused by malice. DERIVATIVES spitefully adverb spitefulness noun …

    English terms dictionary

  • 7spiteful — [spīt′fəl] adj. full of or showing spite; purposefully annoying; malicious SYN. VINDICTIVE spitefully adv. spitefulness n …

    English World dictionary

  • 8Spiteful — Supermarine Spiteful Supermarine Spiteful …

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  • 9spiteful — spitefully, adv. spitefulness, n. /spuyt feuhl/, adj. full of spite or malice; showing spite; malicious; malevolent; venomous: a spiteful child. [1400 50; late ME; see SPITE, FUL] Syn. vengeful, mean, cruel, rancorous. SPITEFUL, REVENGEFUL,… …

    Universalium

  • 10spiteful — adj. spiteful to + inf. (it was spiteful of him to say that) * * * [ spaɪtf(ə)l] spiteful to + inf. (it was spiteful of him to say that) …

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