单词 | spitefulness |
释义 | spitefulnessn. The quality, character, or fact of being spiteful. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > spitefulness > [noun] maliciousness1447 peevishness1468 spitefulness1530 sinisterness1611 viciousness1879 cattishness1894 cattiness1920 bitchiness1934 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > spite, malice > [noun] > quality maliciousness1447 peevishness1468 spitefulness1530 sinisterness1611 viciousness1879 cattishness1894 pussycat1911 cattiness1920 bitchiness1934 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 274 Spytefulnesse, despitevseté. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Thales in Panoplie Epist. 197 You abhorre that principalitie, with equall proportion of spightfulnesse. 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iii. 1119 With spightfulnesse, that scarce can matched be. 1649 Εἰκων Βασιλικη 124 The spightfulness of a few. 1711 W. King tr. G. Naudé Polit. Considerations Refin'd Politicks iv. 133 The spightfulness of two Monks, who had no other weapons but their pens and their tongues. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xii. 69 As to the Self-accusation of Spitefulness. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge vii. 274 Every little bone in Miggs' throat and neck developed itself with a spitefulness quite alarming. 1884 Fortn. Rev. June 813 That small spitefulness which is sometimes the concomitant of weak or effeminate natures. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1530 |
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