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单词 spiteful
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Definition of spiteful in English:

spiteful

adjective ˈspʌɪtfʊlˈspʌɪtf(ə)lˈspaɪtfəl
  • Showing or caused by malice.

    the teachers made spiteful little jokes about me
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She had consistently refuted what she claimed to be malicious allegations from spiteful colleagues.
    • Nobody likes Jenn, at least in my spiteful and confused little mind.
    • He despised Adamea for it and it had turned him to spiteful hate and deep bitterness.
    • I wasn't sure whether she was telling the truth or not, or whether she was spiteful and making up bitter lies.
    • These creatures have the reputation of being smelly, vicious, spiteful and unreliable.
    • Half the people will be happy with whatever outcome you get, the other half will be bitter and spiteful.
    • A spiteful, vicious corner of my mind wants to yell so that they know how catty she is being.
    • It had been a spiteful encounter where each glove impact was welcomed with rancorous applause.
    • I have an active dislike of her because she's either very stupid or deliberately, maliciously, spiteful.
    • Granted, she thought her sister did an awful, malicious, and spiteful job of it, but still!
    • The early exchanges were spiteful, nasty and never fully controlled by referee Lucilio Batista.
    • Besides, you will already know there is not a vindictive or a spiteful bone in a Lab's body.
    • Their charming arrogance suddenly sounded a little spiteful.
    • The aristocratic families at the heart of the new scandals are not loyal and dutiful - they are vicious, greedy and spiteful.
    • The only way this expulsion can be interpreted is as a spiteful and vindictive move.
    • Eclair's writing is spiteful and vindictive, her agenda unreconstructed and male.
    • But you know, my heart just sank too deep knowing how horribly spiteful, cruel and unproductive this issue is.
    • Mandela cheerfully served a prison sentence that would have left Jesus bitter and spiteful.
    • But his remarks about Israel are as spiteful as they are ignorant.
    • Having garnered publicity as spokesman for social and family affairs, he regarded the marine portfolio as a spiteful demotion.
    Synonyms
    malicious, mean, nasty, cruel, unkind, unfriendly, snide, hurtful, wounding, barbed, cutting, hateful, ill-natured, bitter, venomous, poisonous, acid, hostile, rancorous, malevolent, evil-intentioned, baleful, vindictive, vengeful, vitriolic, vicious, splenetic, malign, malignant, bilious
    defamatory
    informal bitchy, catty
    literary malefic, maleficent
    rare squint-eyed

Derivatives

  • spitefully

  • adverb ˈspʌɪtfʊliˈspʌɪtf(ə)li
    • The tabs noted that virtually an entire hour-long episode is dedicated to the consequences of a bowel movement that young Philip spitefully, desperately deposited on the desk of his village schoolteacher.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • To be honest, it would feel spitefully delightful to withhold my name from the church's accounting of souls, considering the misery it has inflicted on my kind.
      • Betty was ‘needy’, craving her daughter's affection to such an extent that Lulu, then still Marie, spitefully withheld it.
      • While the Arab media mockingly and spitefully spread the news of this expected development, Iraqis were scratching their heads in confusion.
      • I have zero tolerance of such behaviour and have been known to scowl as spitefully as I can at the perpetrators, especially if they make eye-contact with me, or, god forbid, smile at me.
  • spitefulness

  • noun ˈspʌɪtfʊlnəsˈspʌɪtf(ə)lnəsˈspaɪtfəlnəs
    • The love and respect my mother held for my father turned now to hatred and spitefulness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘They were acting out of spitefulness and hatred’, said the plain-speaking Archbishop in an interview with our reporter.
      • I have never seen O'Brien descend to such a depth of petulance and spitefulness that he reached last night.
      • Absorbed by the character both physically and expressively she capably displays a repellent degree of manipulation and spitefulness and there is an almost diabolical edge to her performance.
      • Both leaders became prime ministers of this land, as a testimony to their immaturity and spitefulness.
 
 

Definition of spiteful in US English:

spiteful

adjectiveˈspaɪtfəlˈspītfəl
  • Showing or caused by malice.

    the teachers made spiteful little jokes about me
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She had consistently refuted what she claimed to be malicious allegations from spiteful colleagues.
    • Eclair's writing is spiteful and vindictive, her agenda unreconstructed and male.
    • The aristocratic families at the heart of the new scandals are not loyal and dutiful - they are vicious, greedy and spiteful.
    • The early exchanges were spiteful, nasty and never fully controlled by referee Lucilio Batista.
    • These creatures have the reputation of being smelly, vicious, spiteful and unreliable.
    • I have an active dislike of her because she's either very stupid or deliberately, maliciously, spiteful.
    • But you know, my heart just sank too deep knowing how horribly spiteful, cruel and unproductive this issue is.
    • Mandela cheerfully served a prison sentence that would have left Jesus bitter and spiteful.
    • Besides, you will already know there is not a vindictive or a spiteful bone in a Lab's body.
    • But his remarks about Israel are as spiteful as they are ignorant.
    • Their charming arrogance suddenly sounded a little spiteful.
    • It had been a spiteful encounter where each glove impact was welcomed with rancorous applause.
    • Having garnered publicity as spokesman for social and family affairs, he regarded the marine portfolio as a spiteful demotion.
    • He despised Adamea for it and it had turned him to spiteful hate and deep bitterness.
    • Half the people will be happy with whatever outcome you get, the other half will be bitter and spiteful.
    • Granted, she thought her sister did an awful, malicious, and spiteful job of it, but still!
    • Nobody likes Jenn, at least in my spiteful and confused little mind.
    • A spiteful, vicious corner of my mind wants to yell so that they know how catty she is being.
    • I wasn't sure whether she was telling the truth or not, or whether she was spiteful and making up bitter lies.
    • The only way this expulsion can be interpreted is as a spiteful and vindictive move.
    Synonyms
    malicious, mean, nasty, cruel, unkind, unfriendly, snide, hurtful, wounding, barbed, cutting, hateful, ill-natured, bitter, venomous, poisonous, acid, hostile, rancorous, malevolent, evil-intentioned, baleful, vindictive, vengeful, vitriolic, vicious, splenetic, malign, malignant, bilious
 
 
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