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 Definitions of spiteful  [ˈspaɪt fəl]  

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Definition of 'spiteful' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) spiteful
full of spite or malice; malicious.

Etymology:  (1400–50)

Definition of 'spiteful' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) despiteful, spiteful, vindictive
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"


Definition of 'spiteful' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) spiteful
filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to vex, annoy, or injure; malignant; malicious; as, a spiteful person or act


Translation of 'spiteful' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to annoy, offend or frustrate, because of spite
He only did that to spite me!; a spiteful remark/person; You're being very spiteful.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: nydig Arabic flag Arabic: ضاغِن، حَقود Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: злобен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: rancoroso Czech flag Czech: zlomyslný German flag German: boshaft
Danish flag Danish: ondskabsfuld Greek flag Greek: μοχθηρός, μνησίκακος Spanish flag Spanish: rencoroso
Estonian flag Estonian: kiuslik, pahatahtlik Finnish flag Finnish: pahansuopa French flag French: rancunier
Hebrew flag Hebrew: זדוני Hindi flag Hindi: विद्वेषी, विद्वेषपूर्ण Croatian flag Croatian: zloban, pakostan
Hungarian flag Hungarian: rosszindulatú Indonesian flag Indonesian: penuh kedengkian Icelandic flag Icelandic: illgjarn
Italian flag Italian: dispettoso Japanese flag Japanese: 悪意のある Korean flag Korean: 악의적인
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: piktavališkas Latvian flag Latvian: spītīgs; ļauns; atriebīgs Malay flag Malay: busuk hati
Dutch flag Dutch: hatelijk Norwegian flag Norwegian: ondsinnet, hatsk, smålig Polish flag Polish: złośliwy
Persian flag Persian: كينه توز،معاند Pashto flag Pashto: كينه ساتونكي Portuguese flag Portuguese: rancoroso
Romanian flag Romanian: ranchiunos Russian flag Russian: злобный Slovak flag Slovak: zlomyseľný
Slovenian flag Slovenian: zloben, kljubovalen Serbian flag Serbian: pakostan Swedish flag Swedish: ondskefull, illvillig
Thai flag Thai: ที่มีเจตนาร้าย Turkish flag Turkish: kinci, nisbetçi Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 懷恨的, 惡意的
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: злобний Urdu flag Urdu: بدخواہ Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: hằn học, đầy thù hận
Chinese flag Chinese: 怀恨的,恶意的

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