spiteful

spite·ful

(spīt′fəl)

adj.

Filled with, prompted by, or showing spite; malicious.

spite′ful·ly adv.

spite′ful·ness n.

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spiteful

(ˈspaɪtfʊl)

adj

full of or motivated by spite; vindictive

ˈspitefully adv

ˈspitefulness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

spite•ful

(ˈspaɪt fəl)

adj.

full of spite or malice; malicious.

[1400–50]

spite′ful•ly, adv.

spite′ful•ness, n.

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Adj.

spiteful - showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite; "a despiteful fiend"; "a truly spiteful child"; "a vindictive man will look for occasions for resentment"

despiteful, vindictive

malicious - having the nature of or resulting from malice; "malicious gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling

spiteful

adjective malicious, nasty, vindictive, cruel, malignant, barbed, malevolent, venomous, bitchy (informal), snide, rancorous, catty (informal), splenetic, shrewish, ill-disposed, ill-natured He could be spiteful.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

spiteful

adjective

1. Characterized by intense ill will or spite:

black, despiteful, evil, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, poisonous, venomous, vicious, wicked.

Slang: bitchy.

2. Disposed to seek revenge:

revengeful, vengeful, vindictive.

Translations

حَقُودضاغِن، حَقود

zlomyslný

ondskabsfuld

ilkeä

pakostan

illgjarn

malevolo maligno

意地の悪い

악의적인

retsam

ซึ่งมีเจตนาร้าย

kincinisbetçi

hằn học

怀恨的恶意的

spiteful

[ˈspaɪtfʊl] ADJ [person] (= resentful) → rencoroso; (= malicious) → malicioso; [action] → malintencionado
to be spiteful to sb → tratar a algn con rencor, ser rencoroso con algn

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

spiteful

[ˈspaɪtfʊl] adj [person] → malveillant(e); [gossip, remark] → méchant(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

spiteful

adj → boshaft, gemein; (= gloating also) → schadenfroh, gehässig

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

spiteful

[ˈspaɪtfʊl] adj (person, behaviour) → dispettoso/a; (tongue, remark) → maligno/a, velenoso/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

spite

(spait) noun

ill-will or desire to hurt or offend. She neglected to give him the message out of spite.

verb

to annoy, offend or frustrate, because of spite. He only did that to spite me!

ˈspiteful adjective

a spiteful remark/person; You're being very spiteful.

ˈspitefully adverb

ˈspitefulness noun

in spite of

1. taking no notice of. He went in spite of his father's orders.

2. although something has or had happened, is or was a fact etc. In spite of all the rain that had fallen, the ground was still pretty dry.

spiteful

→ حَقُود zlomyslný ondskabsfuld boshaft κακεντρεχής rencoroso ilkeä rancunier pakostan maligno 意地の悪い 악의적인 hatelijk ondskapsfull złośliwy maldoso злобный retsam ซึ่งมีเจตนาร้าย kinci hằn học 怀恨的

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