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spiteful

Speech parts

1. spiteful - Adjective

2. spiteful - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to vex, annoy, or injure; malignant; malicious; as, a spiteful person or act.

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a despiteful fiend Source: Internet

a truly spiteful child Source: Internet

a vindictive man will look for occasions for resentment Source: Internet

Already betrothed to the beautiful but spiteful Fleur-de-Lys, he wants to lie with Esmeralda nonetheless but is prevented when Frollo stabs him. Source: Internet

Buck attacked the "improbable imputations and strange and spiteful scandals" related by Tudor writers, including the alleged deformities and murders. Source: Internet

Its flexibility "permits us to be aggressive or peaceful, dominant or submissive, spiteful or generous… Violence, sexism, and general nastiness are biological since they represent one subset of a possible range of behaviors. Source: Internet

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