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spiteful
spite·ful S0650700 (spīt′fəl)adj. Filled with, prompted by, or showing spite; malicious. spite′ful·ly adv.spite′ful·ness n.spiteful (ˈspaɪtfʊl) adjfull of or motivated by spite; vindictive ˈspitefully adv ˈspitefulness nspite•ful (ˈspaɪt fəl) adj. full of spite or malice; malicious. [1400–50] spite′ful•ly, adv. spite′ful•ness, n. ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | spiteful - showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite; "a despiteful fiend"; "a truly spiteful child"; "a vindictive man will look for occasions for resentment"despiteful, vindictivemalicious - having the nature of or resulting from malice; "malicious gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling |
spitefuladjective malicious, nasty, vindictive, cruel, malignant, barbed, malevolent, venomous, bitchy (informal), snide, rancorous, catty (informal), splenetic, shrewish, ill-disposed, ill-natured He could be spiteful.spitefuladjective1. Characterized by intense ill will or spite:black, despiteful, evil, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, poisonous, venomous, vicious, wicked.Slang: bitchy.2. Disposed to seek revenge:revengeful, vengeful, vindictive.Translationsspite (spait) noun ill-will or desire to hurt or offend. She neglected to give him the message out of spite. 惡意 恶意 verb to annoy, offend or frustrate, because of spite. He only did that to spite me! 刁難 刁难ˈspiteful adjectivea spiteful remark/person; You're being very spiteful. 懷恨的, 惡意的 怀恨的,恶意的 ˈspitefully adverb 惡狠狠地 恶狠狠地ˈspitefulness noun 充滿惡意,懷恨在心 怀恨in spite of1. taking no notice of. He went in spite of his father's orders. 不管,不顧 不管,不顾 2. although something has or had happened, is or was a fact etc. In spite of all the rain that had fallen, the ground was still pretty dry. 儘管 尽管spiteful
Synonyms for spitefuladj maliciousSynonyms- malicious
- nasty
- vindictive
- cruel
- malignant
- barbed
- malevolent
- venomous
- bitchy
- snide
- rancorous
- catty
- splenetic
- shrewish
- ill-disposed
- ill-natured
Synonyms for spitefuladj characterized by intense ill will or spiteSynonyms- black
- despiteful
- evil
- hateful
- malevolent
- malicious
- malign
- malignant
- mean
- nasty
- poisonous
- venomous
- vicious
- wicked
- bitchy
adj disposed to seek revengeSynonyms- revengeful
- vengeful
- vindictive
Synonyms for spitefuladj showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurtSynonymsRelated Words |