单词	spiteful
释义	spitefulspite‧ful /ˈspaɪtfəl/ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a spiteful liar Failure had made him bitter and spiteful. I tried to like Julie but I couldn't forget how spiteful she'd been to me in the past. On the rare occasions when he was angry, Lowry could be spiteful and petty. That was a wicked and spiteful thing to do. You shouldn't be so spiteful to your sister. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS He had entered the police station in a storm of self-righteous protest and had been by turn hectoring, belligerent and spiteful. His book challenged Galileo in the most spiteful way. His white face was spiteful, threatening and suggestive. How could she tell him why Matilda had made such a spiteful remark? Loeb, the newspaper publisher, gained a national reputation as a spiteful manipulator of politics. She had given him a spiteful look as she left, taking little catlike steps. Thesaurus THESAURUS► unkind treating people in a way that makes them unhappy or upset. Unkind sounds rather formal. In everyday English, people usually say mean or nasty: · Children can be very unkind to each other.· a rather unkind remark ► mean especially spoken unkind: · Don’t be mean to your sister!· It was a mean thing to do. ► nasty deliberately unkind, and seeming to enjoy making people unhappy: · He said some really nasty things before he left.· a nasty man ► hurtful unkind – used about remarks and actions: · Joe couldn’t forget the hurtful things she had said.· Couples sometimes do hurtful things to each other. ► spiteful deliberately unkind to someone because you are jealous of them or angry with them: · The other women were spiteful to her, and gave her the hardest work to do.· She watched them with spiteful glee (=pleasure). ► malicious deliberately behaving in a way that is likely to upset, hurt, or cause problems for someone: · Someone had been spreading malicious rumours about him.· There was a malicious smile on her face.· an act of malicious vandalism· The accusations are malicious. ► unsympathetic not seeming to care about someone’s problems, and not trying to help them or make them feel better: · Her parents were very unsympathetic, and told her that she deserved to fail her exam.· an unsympathetic boss ► hard-hearted very unsympathetic and not caring at all about other people’s feelings: · Was he hard-hearted enough to leave his son in jail overnight?· a hard-hearted businessman Longman Language Activatordeliberately cruel in order to upset someone► malicious deliberately cruel and unkind to someone because you really want to upset them and enjoy doing so: · Miss Simms took a malicious pleasure in other people's misfortunes.· Mr Jameson dismissed the allegations as malicious rumours.· Nixon's family called Stone's depiction of the late President 'erroneous and malicious'. ► spiteful deliberately nasty to someone in order to hurt or upset them, especially because you are jealous of them or are angry with them: · On the rare occasions when he was angry, Lowry could be spiteful and petty.spiteful to: · You shouldn't be so spiteful to your sister.· I tried to like Julie but I couldn't forget how spiteful she'd been to me in the past. ► spite a feeling of wanting to hurt or upset other people by saying or doing cruel things, especially if you feel jealous or think you have been unfairly treated: · Gerald's feelings of injustice turned to bitterness and spite.pure/sheer spite (=spite and nothing else): · Ignore what Martin says. It's pure spite.out of spite (=because of spite): · She quit college and worked as a waitress out of spite towards her parents. ► vindictive deliberately cruel and unfair because you want to harm someone who has harmed you: · "I'll pay her back for this.'' "Don't be so vindictive. It doesn't help anyone.''· Doug could be nasty and vindictive when he was drinking. treating someone unkindly► unkind someone who is unkind treats people in a way that makes them unhappy or upset: · Children can be very unkind.unkind to: · I felt very sorry for being unkind to her.it is unkind (of somebody) to do something: · It would be unkind to keep him in suspense for too long. ► mean someone who is mean deliberately speaks to someone unkindly or does things to annoy them or make them angry: · She hated him for being so mean. Why was he stopping her from seeing her friends?· I never thought he was capable of doing such a mean thing to his brother.mean to: · He was mean to those who worked for him and generous to those who he hardly knew.it is mean (of somebody) to do something: · It was mean of you to disturb her when she was having a rest. ► nasty someone who is nasty is deliberately unkind, and seems to enjoy making people unhappy: · When I was a child I did some nasty things to my little brother.· I don't mean to be nasty, but I don't think we should work together any more.nasty to: · Paul, you mustn't be nasty to the children. You'll make them cry. ► cruel someone who is cruel is very unkind, and does not seem to care about other people's feelings: · He didn't seem the sort of man to be cruel on purpose.cruel to: · She married a man who was very cruel to her.it is cruel (of somebody) to do something: · It was cruel of you to frighten the poor boy like that. ► spiteful deliberately unkind to someone because you are jealous of them or angry with them: · Failure had made him bitter and spiteful.· That was a wicked and spiteful thing to do. ► be hard on to be unkind to someone by criticizing them or treating them more severely than is fair: · He's only just started work here -- you mustn't be too hard on him.· I thought you were a little hard on Denise, not letting her go to the party. ► give somebody a hard time informal to be unkind to someone by criticizing them in a way that is not fair: · She left the company because her boss was giving her a really hard time.· Stop giving me such a hard time. I'm doing my best. ► take something out on to be unkind to someone because you are angry or upset about something else, even though it is not their fault: · I know you've had a bad day at the office, but don't take it out on me.· I'm sorry I was rotten to you, but there was no one else to take it out on. deliberately nasty to someone in order to hurt or upset them SYN  vicious:  She was spiteful and unkind, both to Isabel and to her son. a spiteful remark► see thesaurus at unkind—spitefully adverb
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