Spiteful

//ˈspaɪtfʊl// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

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

Synonyms

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despitefulacridacrimoniousantagonisticantipatheticbearish

Antonyms

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kindly

Example

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"I am a sick man… I am a spiteful man. I am an unpleasant man. I think my liver is diseased."

Etymology

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

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