spitefulness

English

Etymology

spiteful +‎ -ness

Noun

spitefulness (countable and uncountable, plural spitefulnesses)

1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being spiteful.
2. (countable) The result or product of being spiteful.

Synonyms

• nastiness
• hatefulness
• maliciousness
• malevolence

Translations

state or quality of being spiteful

• German: Gehässigkeit (de) f, Boshaftigkeit (de) f, Bosheit (de) f

result or product of being spiteful

• German: Boshaftigkeit (de) f, Gehässigkeit (de) f, Niederträchtigkeit f, Gemeinheit (de) f, Niedertracht (de) f, Bosheit (de) f

See also

• ill will
• hostility