spitefuladj.adv.

/ˈspʌɪtfʊl/

Forms: α. Middle English–1500s spyteful, spytefull (Middle English spytefulle), 1500s–1600s spytfull; Middle English– spiteful, Middle English–1600s spitefull (1600s spitfull). β. 1500s spyght-, 1500s–1700s spightfull, spightful.

Etymology: < spite n. + -ful suffix.

†1.

a. Expressive of, characterized by, contempt or disdain; contemptuous, disdainful, opprobrious.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [adjective] > contemptuous

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dismissive1930

sniffish1933

fuck you1962

c1440 Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 227 With wordis greete and spiteful ooþ Þou defendist þee of þi foule folie.

1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 243 She knew before that he shulde be greatly payned wyth spyteful repreues and harde tormentes.

1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. v. f. xxviii^v When he called the chyef preste a whyted wal, whych was a spyghtful word among them.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxxx^v The Parisians..taunted the Englishmen, with the moste spitefull wordes, and shameful termes.

1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 115 He returned her answeres..full of reproaches, and spitfull termes.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1657 (1955) III. 204 These were men of high flight, and above Ordinances: & spake spitefull things of our B: Lords nativity.

†b. Bringing contempt or opprobrium; disgraceful, shameful. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [adjective]

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foulOE

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1550 T. Becon Jewel of Joy in Wks. (1564) II. 40 b Jesus Chryst..suffred the moste spitefull death of the crosse.

1577–82 N. Breton Toys of Idle Head in Wks. (1879) I. 54/2 Dame Venus game. Which spightfull sporte for to attaine Some so doo dull their sences all.

c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme xcii. 32 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 140 Mine ey shall spy My spies in spightfull case.

a. Full of, possessed or animated by, spite; malicious, malevolent. Also figurative of things.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > spitefulness > [adjective]

teenfulOE

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bitchy1928

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > spite, malice > [adjective]

loathOE

teenfulOE

nithefulOE

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1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xii. 46 The influences of the heuens so spytefull.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) i. 70 He is of nature froward, spiteful, and malicious.

1591 J. Lyly Endimion iv. iii. sig. G3^v Belike you cannot speake except you bee spightfull.

1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 190 The distress He suffer'd from his spightful Mistress.

1699 S. Garth Dispensary i. 5 A spightful noise his downy Chains unties, Hastes forward, and encreases as it flies.

1820 J. Keats Lamia ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 40 Let..the spiteful thistle wage War on his temples.

1841 R. Browning Pippa Passes Introd., in Bells & Pomegranates No. I 4/1 She'll still face down The spitefullest of talkers in our town.

1874 J. G. Holland Mistress of Manse 73 And in the midnight came the rain; In spiteful needles at the first.

b. Of the tongue, words, etc.

ΚΠ

1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. Cc.i Of wicked wiues this [i]s the lot, To kill with spitefull tong.

1576 W. Raleigh in G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. A.iiii For spyteful tongs..Deeme worst of things, which best..deserued.

1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie ii. xvii Pamphlets with spightfull invectives.

a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 102 Bitter or spightfull words against his Brethren.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 169. ¶11 A spightful Saying gratifies so many little Passions.

1868 Ld. Tennyson Spiteful Let. i It is here, the close of the year, And with it a spiteful letter.

1884 F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer (ed. 2) I. 16 People are saying many spiteful things about him.

c. Of feelings, actions, etc.

ΚΠ

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccclvj^v Whan they vttered their malice and spitefull hatred against vs.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 37 In father his presence with spightful villenye cancred.

1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura iv. 54 The famous S. Roch and the spitefull coronation with thornes.

1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Spitefulness, a spiteful Temper.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. x. 253 The old man was muttering, with spiteful impatience, ‘Am I for ever to be recalled to the affairs of earth from those of heaven?’

1862 J. H. Burton Book-hunter (1863) 285 Having torn through a life of spiteful controversy with his fellow-men.

†3. Distressing, annoying, vexing. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adjective] > annoying or vexatious

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1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxvi His name and fame was spitefull and dreadfull to the common people.

1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. xii. 53 Afterwardes that all thinges might seeme more spightfull, he gaue generall commaundement to his company, that they should..adore him.

1633 G. Herbert Assurance in Temple i O spiteful bitter thought! Bitterly spiteful thought! Couldst thou invent So high a torture!

†4. As adv. Excessively, extremely. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > excessively

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Christ almighty1945

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 306 It was spitefull dere.

c1548 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. IV. 12 A spightfull gay thynge, of all that ever I wyst.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	spiteful
释义	spitefuladj.adv. /ˈspʌɪtfʊl/ Forms: α. Middle English–1500s spyteful, spytefull (Middle English spytefulle), 1500s–1600s spytfull; Middle English– spiteful, Middle English–1600s spitefull (1600s spitfull). β. 1500s spyght-, 1500s–1700s spightfull, spightful. Etymology: < spite n. + -ful suffix. †1. a. Expressive of, characterized by, contempt or disdain; contemptuous, disdainful, opprobrious. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [adjective] > contemptuous ollinga1200 hokerfula1275 scorningc1325 deignousc1330 despitousa1340 disdainousc1374 lightlya1400 scornfula1400 despiteous14.. endeignousc1400 hathlya1425 spitefulc1440 despitefula1450 fastidious?a1475 contemptuous1534 disdainfula1542 huff-nosed1542 lightliful1552 dainful1577 contemptible1594 sdeignful1596 disdained1598 contemptful1604 contemning1605 overlookinga1619 slight1632 slightinga1637 slightya1640 despisable1644 despicable1662 sneering1692 scornful1704 saucy1716 vilipendinga1722 fastidiose1730 unappreciating1833 scorny1836 high-sniffing1837 sniffy1871 sneery1872 sneerful1880 pejorativea1888 dismissive1930 sniffish1933 fuck you1962 c1440 Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 227 With wordis greete and spiteful ooþ Þou defendist þee of þi foule folie. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 243 She knew before that he shulde be greatly payned wyth spyteful repreues and harde tormentes. 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. v. f. xxviii^v When he called the chyef preste a whyted wal, whych was a spyghtful word among them. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxxx^v The Parisians..taunted the Englishmen, with the moste spitefull wordes, and shameful termes. 1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 115 He returned her answeres..full of reproaches, and spitfull termes. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1657 (1955) III. 204 These were men of high flight, and above Ordinances: & spake spitefull things of our B: Lords nativity. †b. Bringing contempt or opprobrium; disgraceful, shameful. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [adjective] shondly888 frakeda900 shondfula900 foulOE shendful?c1225 shamelyc1275 shendlyc1275 shamefulc1330 villain1338 inhonest1340 shameworthy1382 shendshipful1382 dishonestc1386 slanderous1402 defamable?a1439 defamousc1450 misshamefulc1450 vituperablec1450 ignominious?a1475 shamevousc1475 inhominious1490 opprobrious?1510 opprobrousc1530 rebukeful1530 dishonourable1533 reproachful1534 disworshipful1539 dedecoratec1540 contumelious1546 spiteful1550 ignomious1571 inglorious1573 disgraceful1595 disgracive1602 vituperous1610 vituperious1612 disgracious1615 disparageable1617 propudious1629 deflowering1642 scandalized1664 dedecorous1755 disgracing1807 vituperate1832 vituperated1842 mighty1889 soddish1922 1550 T. Becon Jewel of Joy in Wks. (1564) II. 40 b Jesus Chryst..suffred the moste spitefull death of the crosse. 1577–82 N. Breton Toys of Idle Head in Wks. (1879) I. 54/2 Dame Venus game. Which spightfull sporte for to attaine Some so doo dull their sences all. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme xcii. 32 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 140 Mine ey shall spy My spies in spightfull case. 2. a. Full of, possessed or animated by, spite; malicious, malevolent. Also figurative of things. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > spitefulness > [adjective] teenfulOE atteryc1175 ondfula1200 maliciousa1250 doggedc1300 enviousc1330 venoma1350 spitous?a1366 despitousc1374 heinous?a1400 venomyc1400 sinister1411 sputousc1420 doggish?a1425 cankered?a1439 doggya1450 sinistrous1460 spity1481 despiteful1488 spiteful1490 despiteous?1510 viperious?1510 peevisha1522 maliceful1522 envyful1530 viperinec1540 viperous?1542 vipered1560 uncanny1596 dogged-sprighted1600 maliced1602 ill-minded1611 virulent1613 ill-hearteda1617 doleful1617 spitish1627 splenial1641 litherlya1643 venomsome1660 slim1674 viper1721 vipereal1750 viperish1755 vicious1825 waspish1855 viperian1866 viperan1877 cattish1883 catty1886 bitchy1928 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > spite, malice > [adjective] loathOE teenfulOE nithefulOE ondfula1200 maliciousa1250 doggedc1300 enviousc1330 venomousa1340 venoma1350 spitous?a1366 despitousc1374 heinous?a1400 unkindlya1400 venomyc1400 sinister1411 sputousc1420 doggish?a1425 cankered?a1439 doggya1450 sinistrous1460 spity1481 despiteful1488 spiteful1490 despiteous?1510 viperious?1510 peevisha1522 envyful1530 viperous1535 viperinec1540 vipered1560 bad-minded1588 uncanny1596 dogged-sprighted1600 toothsome1601 maliced1602 ill-minded1611 virulent1613 ill-hearteda1617 doleful1617 spitish1627 ill-meaning1633 splenial1641 litherlya1643 venomsome1660 slim1668 cat-witted1672 vipereal1750 viperish1755 méchant1813 vicious1825 maliceful1840 mean1841 waspish1855 viperian1866 viperan1877 cattish1883 catty1886 bad mind1904 bitchy1908 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xii. 46 The influences of the heuens so spytefull. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) i. 70 He is of nature froward, spiteful, and malicious. 1591 J. Lyly Endimion iv. iii. sig. G3^v Belike you cannot speake except you bee spightfull. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 190 The distress He suffer'd from his spightful Mistress. 1699 S. Garth Dispensary i. 5 A spightful noise his downy Chains unties, Hastes forward, and encreases as it flies. 1820 J. Keats Lamia ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 40 Let..the spiteful thistle wage War on his temples. 1841 R. Browning Pippa Passes Introd., in Bells & Pomegranates No. I 4/1 She'll still face down The spitefullest of talkers in our town. 1874 J. G. Holland Mistress of Manse 73 And in the midnight came the rain; In spiteful needles at the first. b. Of the tongue, words, etc. ΚΠ 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. Cc.i Of wicked wiues this [i]s the lot, To kill with spitefull tong. 1576 W. Raleigh in G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. A.iiii For spyteful tongs..Deeme worst of things, which best..deserued. 1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie ii. xvii Pamphlets with spightfull invectives. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 102 Bitter or spightfull words against his Brethren. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 169. ¶11 A spightful Saying gratifies so many little Passions. 1868 Ld. Tennyson Spiteful Let. i It is here, the close of the year, And with it a spiteful letter. 1884 F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer (ed. 2) I. 16 People are saying many spiteful things about him. c. Of feelings, actions, etc. ΚΠ 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccclvj^v Whan they vttered their malice and spitefull hatred against vs. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 37 In father his presence with spightful villenye cancred. 1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura iv. 54 The famous S. Roch and the spitefull coronation with thornes. 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Spitefulness, a spiteful Temper. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. x. 253 The old man was muttering, with spiteful impatience, ‘Am I for ever to be recalled to the affairs of earth from those of heaven?’ 1862 J. H. Burton Book-hunter (1863) 285 Having torn through a life of spiteful controversy with his fellow-men. †3. Distressing, annoying, vexing. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adjective] > annoying or vexatious angeeOE swinkfuleOE plightlyOE teenfulOE contrariousc1320 drefa1325 troublinga1325 despitousa1340 thornya1340 discomfortablec1350 troublablec1374 noyousa1382 noyfulc1384 diseasy1387 angrya1393 painful1395 hackinga1400 annoying?c1400 annoyousc1400 cumbrousc1400 teenc1400 annoyfulc1405 sputousc1420 diseasefula1425 molest?a1425 noying?a1425 noisomea1450 grievingc1450 tedious?1454 troublous1463 noisantc1475 displeasant1481 strouble1488 nuisant1494 noyanta1500 irksome1513 sturting1513 molestious1524 vexatious1534 cumbersome1535 uncommodious1541 spiteful1548 vexing?1548 incommodious1551 molestous1555 diseasing1558 grating1563 pestilent1565 sturtsome1570 molestuousa1572 troublesome1573 murrain1575 discommodable1579 galling1583 spiny1586 unsupportable1586 troubleful1588 plaguey1594 distressingc1595 molestful1596 molesting1598 vexful1598 fretful1603 briery1604 bemadding1608 mortifying1611 tiry1611 distressfula1616 irking1629 angersome1649 disobliging1652 discomforting1654 incomfortable1655 incommode1672 ruffling1680 unconvenient1683 pestifying1716 trying1718 offending1726 bothering1765 pesky1775 weary1785 sturty1788 unaccommodating1790 tiresome1798 werriting1808 bothersome1817 plaguesome1828 pestilential1833 fretsome1834 languorous1834 pesty1834 pestersome1843 nettlesome1845 miserable1850 niggling1854 distempering1855 be-maddeninga1861 nattery1873 nagging1883 pestiferous1890 trouble-giving1893 maddening1896 molestive1905 nuisancy1906 balls-aching?1912 nuisance1922 nattering1949 noodgy1969 dickheaded1991 dickish1991 cockish1996 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxvi His name and fame was spitefull and dreadfull to the common people. 1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. xii. 53 Afterwardes that all thinges might seeme more spightfull, he gaue generall commaundement to his company, that they should..adore him. 1633 G. Herbert Assurance in Temple i O spiteful bitter thought! Bitterly spiteful thought! Couldst thou invent So high a torture! †4. As adv. Excessively, extremely. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > excessively cruellyc1385 overa1400 fullc1400 parlouslyc1425 mortalc1440 perilousc1440 spitefulc1450 devilish1560 pestilently1567 spitefully1567 cruel1573 parlous1575 deadly1589 intolerable?1593 fellc1600 perditlya1632 excessively1634 devilishly1635 desperate1636 woundya1639 woundlya1644 desperately1653 wicked1663 killing1672 woundily1706 wounded1753 mortally1759 dreadful1762 intolerably1768 perishing1776 tremendously1776 terrifically1777 diabolically1792 woundedly1794 thundering1809 all-firedly1833 preponderously1835 painfully1839 deadlilya1843 severely1854 furiously1856 diabolish1858 fiendish1861 demonish1867 sinfully1869 fiendishly1879 thunderingly1885 only too1889 nightmarishly1891 God almighty1906 Christ almighty1945 c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 306 It was spitefull dere. c1548 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. IV. 12 A spightfull gay thynge, of all that ever I wyst. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.adv.c1440
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