spiteful
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- spightful (obsolete)
- spightfull (obsolete)
- spitefull (archaic)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English spytefulle, equivalent to spite + -ful.
Adjective[edit]
spiteful (comparative more spiteful or (rare) spitefuller, superlative most spiteful or (rare) spitefullest)
- Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to annoy or harm.
- 2000, “Judith”, performed by A Perfect Circle:
- 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
Translations[edit]
filled with spite
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Further reading[edit]
- “spiteful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “spiteful”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.