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Spiteful

//ˈspaɪtfʊl// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to annoy or harm.

    "It's not like you killed someone It's not like you drove a spiteful spear into his side Talk to Jesus Christ as if he knows the reasons why He did it all for you"

Adjective
  1. 1
    showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English spytefulle. By surface analysis, spite + -ful.

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