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spiteful

[ spahyt-fuhl ]

adjective

  1. full of spite or malice; showing spite; malicious; malevolent; venomous:

    a spiteful child.

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ˈ辱ٱڳܱ

/ ˈ貹ɪٴʊ /

adjective

  1. full of or motivated by spite; vindictive
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ辱ٱڳܱly, adverb
  • ˈ辱ٱڳܱness, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • 辱ٱfܱ· adverb
  • 辱ٱfܱ·Ա noun
  • ܲ·辱ٱfܱ adjective
  • un·辱ٱfܱ· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of spiteful1

A late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; spite, -ful
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Synonym Study

Spiteful, revengeful, vindictive refer to a desire to inflict a wrong or injury on someone, usually in return for one received. Spiteful implies a mean or malicious desire for (often petty) revenge: a spiteful attitude toward a former friend. Revengeful implies a deep, powerful, and continued intent to repay a wrong: a fierce and revengeful spirit. Vindictive does not imply action necessarily, but stresses the unforgiving nature of the avenger: a vindictive look.
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But there’s a qualitative difference with a spiteful, foul-mouthed, score-settling president leading by acrid example.

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“Not Like Us” came out last year at the climax of a well-publicized feud between Drake and Lamar that involved the exchange of more than half a dozen increasingly spiteful diss tracks.

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“I can't change the past now,” Mia says, “it feels spiteful that I can only look at the future, and that I have no clue what is going to happen.”

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He spent years sowing doubts and corroding faith in our judicial and political systems, spraying insults like a spiteful crop-duster.

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He's a spiteful misogynist, and banning abortion nationwide will simply feel like his "revenge" on women who rejected his "protection."

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