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单词 spiteful
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spiteful

She swears at me under her breath and makes spiteful comments.Next to this piece you wrote yet another spiteful comment about me.He was always doing spiteful little things and blaming them on us.Mother nature can be a cruel and spiteful old mama.It was cruel and spiteful and it ruined my life.It was a nasty and spiteful thing to do.What kind of spiteful little snobs have we become that we look down on anyone who works as a cleaner?You could be forgiven for thinking that ours was a spiteful and vindictive business and that would be a shame.The show dog world is renowned for spiteful gossip and an exemption for working dogs has caused a split between owners and breeders.Just sometimes, they got a little spiteful with it.But no matter about my spiteful little asides, my haughty disdain.What your son did, or was egged on to do, was spiteful and cruel.

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spiteful

British English: spiteful /ˈspaɪtfʊl/ ADJECTIVE
Someone who is spiteful does cruel things to hurt people they dislike.
He could be spiteful.
  • American English: spiteful
  • Arabic: حَقُود
  • Brazilian Portuguese: maldoso
  • Chinese: 怀恨的
  • Croatian: pakostan
  • Czech: zlomyslný
  • Danish: ondskabsfuld
  • Dutch: hatelijk
  • European Spanish: rencoroso
  • Finnish: ilkeä
  • French: rancunier
  • German: boshaft
  • Greek: κακεντρεχής
  • Italian: maligno
  • Japanese: 意地の悪い
  • Korean: 악의적인
  • Norwegian: ondskapsfull
  • Polish: złośliwy
  • European Portuguese: maldoso
  • Romanian: jignitor
  • Russian: злобный
  • Latin American Spanish: rencoroso
  • Swedish: retsam
  • Thai: ซึ่งมีเจตนาร้าย
  • Turkish: kinci
  • Ukrainian: зловтішний
  • Vietnamese: hằn học

Chinese translation of 'spiteful'

spiteful

(ˈspaɪtful)

adj

  1. [person, behaviour] 怀(懷)有恶(惡)意的 (huáiyǒu èyì de)
(adjective) 
He could be spiteful.
Synonyms
malicious
She described the charges as malicious.
nasty
He's only nasty to me when there's no-one around to see it.
vindictive
a vindictive woman desperate for revenge
cruel
They should spend a long time in jail to reflect on their cruel acts.
the persecution of prisoners by cruel captors
malignant
a malignant minority indulging in crime and violence
barbed
barbed comments
malevolent
Her stare was malevolent, her mouth a thin line.
venomous
He made a venomous personal attack on his opponent.
bitchy (informal)
They say bitchy things about each other.
snide
He made a snide comment about the food.
rancorous
a series of rancorous disputes
catty (informal)
a mercilessly catty fashion blog
splenetic
retired military men with splenetic opinions
shrewish
ill-disposed
ill-natured

Additional synonyms

in the sense of barbed
barbed comments
Synonyms
cutting,
pointed,
biting,
critical,
acid,
hostile,
nasty,
harsh,
savage,
brutal,
searing,
withering,
scathing,
unkind,
hurtful,
belittling,
sarcastic,
caustic,
scornful,
vitriolic,
trenchant,
acrid,
catty (informal),
mordant,
mordacious
in the sense of bitchy
Definition
spiteful or malicious
They say bitchy things about each other.
Synonyms
spiteful,
mean,
nasty,
cruel,
vicious,
malicious,
barbed,
vindictive,
malevolent,
venomous,
snide,
rancorous,
catty (informal),
backbiting,
shrewish,
ill-natured,
vixenish,
snarky (informal)
in the sense of catty
Definition
spiteful
a mercilessly catty fashion blog
Synonyms
spiteful,
mean (informal),
malicious,
malevolent,
venomous,
bitchy (informal),
snide,
rancorous,
backbiting,
shrewish,
ill-natured,
snarky (informal)

Nearby words of
spiteful

  • spiritual
  • spit
  • spite
  • spiteful
  • spitting image
  • splash
  • splash out

Synonyms of 'spiteful'

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of cruel
Definition
deliberately causing pain without pity
They should spend a long time in jail to reflect on their cruel acts.the persecution of prisoners by cruel captors
Synonyms
brutal,
ruthless,
callous,
sadistic,
inhumane,
hard,
fell (archaic),
severe,
harsh,
savage,
grim,
vicious,
relentless,
murderous,
monstrous,
unnatural,
unkind,
heartless,
atrocious,
inhuman,
merciless,
cold-blooded,
malevolent,
hellish (informal),
depraved,
spiteful,
brutish,
bloodthirsty,
remorseless,
barbarous,
pitiless,
unfeeling,
sanguinary,
hard-hearted,
stony-hearted,
implacable
in the sense of ill-natured
Synonyms
unkind,
mean (informal),
cross,
nasty,
unpleasant,
crabbed,
perverse,
malicious,
sullen,
unfriendly,
bad-tempered,
surly,
malevolent,
petulant,
spiteful,
disagreeable,
churlish,
sulky,
catty (informal),
shrewish,
disobliging,
cross-grained
in the sense of malevolent
Definition
wishing evil to others
Her stare was malevolent, her mouth a thin line.
Synonyms
spiteful,
hostile,
vicious,
malicious,
malign,
malignant,
vindictive,
pernicious (formal),
vengeful,
hateful,
baleful,
rancorous,
evil-minded,
maleficent,
ill-natured
in the sense of malignant
Definition
tending to cause great harm
a malignant minority indulging in crime and violence
Synonyms
hostile,
harmful,
bitter,
vicious,
destructive,
malicious,
malign,
hurtful,
pernicious (formal),
malevolent,
spiteful,
baleful,
injurious,
inimical,
maleficent,
of evil intent
in the sense of nasty
Definition
(of a person) spiteful or ill-natured
He's only nasty to me when there's no-one around to see it.
Synonyms
spiteful,
mean (informal),
offensive,
annoying,
vicious,
unpleasant,
abusive,
vile,
malicious,
bad-tempered,
despicable,
disagreeable
in the sense of rancorous
a series of rancorous disputes
Synonyms
bitter,
hostile,
malicious,
malign,
resentful,
malignant,
acrimonious,
virulent,
vindictive,
implacable,
malevolent,
spiteful,
venomous,
splenetic
in the sense of snide
Definition
(of comments) critical in an unfair and nasty way
He made a snide comment about the food.
Synonyms
nasty,
sneering,
malicious,
mean (informal),
cynical,
unkind,
hurtful,
sarcastic,
disparaging,
spiteful,
insinuating,
scornful,
shrewish,
ill-natured,
snarky (informal)
in the sense of splenetic
Definition
irritable or bad-tempered
retired military men with splenetic opinions
Synonyms
irritable,
cross,
bad-tempered,
acid,
sour,
crabbed,
sullen,
touchy,
petulant,
spiteful,
bitchy (informal),
churlish,
morose,
irascible,
tetchy,
ratty (British, New Zealand, informal),
testy,
chippy (informal),
fretful,
rancorous,
peevish,
crabby,
choleric,
envenomed
in the sense of venomous
He made a venomous personal attack on his opponent.
Synonyms
malicious,
vindictive,
spiteful,
hostile,
savage,
vicious,
malignant,
virulent,
baleful,
rancorous
in the sense of vindictive
Definition
characterized by spite or ill will
a vindictive woman desperate for revenge
Synonyms
vengeful,
malicious,
spiteful,
relentless,
resentful,
malignant,
unrelenting,
unforgiving,
implacable,
venomous,
rancorous,
revengeful,
full of spleen
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