spiteful

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

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  • It was most strange, because he'd never been known as a spiteful man; his personality was more like that of his sons, and you've seen how pleasant and easygoing they both are. —  EQMM, May 2005
  • They're disrespectful, spiteful, and disobedient, thanks to your molly-coddling them all their lives. —  New Page 1
  • He decided to be spiteful, and so, finally, Cole continued. —  Star Trek - DS9 - Section 31 book 3 - Abyss
  • It was that of a spiteful, aggressive, savagely sarcastic old man. —  The Evidence of the Alter Boy-A Short Story by Georges Simenon - 52
  • But that would have been spiteful, and spite was beneath me. —  FAULT LINE
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  1. from Middle English spytefulle; from spite + -ful.
 

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/ˈspaɪtfəl/
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