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ˈspiteful
/ ˈspaɪtfʊl /
adjective
- full of or motivated by spite; vindictive
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Derived Forms
- ˈspitefulness, noun
- ˈspitefully, adverb
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Other Words From
- spiteful·ly adverb
- spiteful·ness noun
- un·spiteful adjective
- un·spiteful·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
What remains is just bigotry, and probably a spiteful resistance to being seen as caving in to the relativists.
He describes himself on a train platform in Hanover, spiteful and sexually frustrated, throwing coins on the floor.
Subordinated as it is here rewritten, it does not half express the spiteful independence she assumed to teach Coppy a lesson.
This was the first time he had smarted in his penetrable part—the skin—and it made him very spiteful.
This sentence evidently cannot mean that a father may refuse food to his son if the latter is spiteful.
He was not only terrified but angered, and whirling about, he brought down his gun with spiteful violence on the writhing body.
No one has yet enjoyed any spiteful fun at Mrs. Depew's expense though many were on the qui vive for entertainment.
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