| 释义 |
spitefulness|ˈspaɪtfʊlnɪs|
[f. as prec.]
The quality, character, or fact of being spiteful.
1530Palsgr. 274 Spytefulnesse, despitevseté. 1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 197 You abhorre that principalitie, with equall proportion of spightfulnesse. 1628Wither Brit. Rememb. iii. 1119 With spightfulnesse, that scarce can matched be. 1648–9Eikon Bas. 124 The spightfulness of a few. 1711W. King tr. Naude's Ref. Politics iv. 133 The spightfulness of two Monks, who had no other weapons but their pens and their tongues. 1741Richardson Pamela (1824) IV. 69 As to the Accusation of Spitefulness. 1841Dickens Barn. Rudge vii, Every little bone in Miggs's throat and neck developed itself with a spitefulness quite alarming. 1884Fortn. Rev. June 813 That small spitefulness which is sometimes the concomitant of weak or effeminate natures. |