Spiteful

//ˈspaɪtfʊl//

"Spiteful" in a Sentence (11 examples)

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

Mary is very spiteful and gives Tom the cold shoulder for days after the slightest disagreement between them.

There, my little doll, take it. Eat a little, drink a little, and listen to my grief. I live in my father's house, but my spiteful stepmother wishes to drive me out of the white world. Tell me! How shall I act, and what shall I do?

"Then he, at length his show of fear laid by, / 'Great King, all truly will I own, whate'er / the issue, nor my Argive race deny. / This first; if fortune, spiteful and unfair, / hath made poor Sinon wretched, fortune ne'er / shall make me false or faithless.'"

"What a hungry man!" exclaimed Mary with a spiteful smile, closing the door of her apartment behind Tom.

Fyodor’s mother is a spiteful woman who despises Rima.

I was spiteful when I was thin, but now I’m fat again I want every one to be happy.

Yuri made spiteful comments.

He's spiteful.

My ex is a very spiteful person.

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

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