| 单词 | spiteful |
| 释义 | spiteful (once / 1792 pages) adj When you're spiteful, you act in a mean way, with a desire to hurt someone. If your little brother was driving you crazy, you could calmly ignore him — or you could give him a spiteful pinch. If you act or speak with the desire to hurt, bother, or infuriate someone, you are being spiteful. You could deliberately hurt someone's feelings or embarrass them with your spiteful words, or you could watch a jealous child give her friend a spiteful shove. The Latin word despectus, or "scorn or contempt," became the English despite, later shortened to spite, or "a desire to hurt someone." WORD FAMILYspiteful: despiteful, spitefully, spitefulness+/despiteful: despitefully/spite: spited, spiteful, spites, spiting USAGE EXAMPLESIt also says that Remini is an “obnoxious, spiteful ex-Scientologist” who is bitter that she was expelled from the church. Washington Post(Nov 30, 2016) Inoculate her with a pre-emptive pardon, and protect the country from having to endure such spiteful, dangerous and distracting antics. Seattle Times(Nov 14, 2016) Yes, Mr. Trump’s spiteful rhetoric drew their support - and not just from the fringe. Washington Times(Nov 11, 2016) adj showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite a truly spiteful child Syn despiteful, vindictive malicious having the nature of or resulting from malice |
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