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spite·ful
 spiteful
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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition: |
prompted by or full of spite.
a spiteful persona spiteful act- synonyms:
- malevolent, malicious, mean, rancorous, vindictive
- antonyms:
- benevolent
- similar words:
- angry, bitchy, bitter, catty, cruel, evil, hateful, hostile, ill-disposed, jaundiced, maleficent, malign, malignant, petty, resentful, ugly, vengeful, venomous, vicious, wrathful
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| related words: |
cutting, mean, virulent, wanton |
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| derivations: |
spitefully (adv.), spitefulness (n.) |
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