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单词 spitefulness
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spitefulnessn.

/ˈspʌɪtfʊlnɪs/
Etymology: formed as spitefully adv.
The quality, character, or fact of being spiteful.
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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).
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