spiteful

English

Alternative forms

• spightful (obsolete)
• spightfull (obsolete)
• spitefull (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English spytefulle, equivalent to spite +‎ -ful.

Adjective

spiteful (comparative spitefuller, superlative spitefullest)

1. Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to annoy or harm.

   Synonyms: malignant, malicious

Translations

filled with spite

• Belarusian: зло́сны (zlósny), зласлі́вы (zlaslívy)
• Bulgarian: зло́бен (bg) (zlóben)
• Catalan: maliciós, rancuniós
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 刻毒 (zh) (kèdú)

• Dutch: hatelijk (nl), rancuneus (nl), onheus (nl)
• French: rancunier (fr)
• German: gehässig (de), boshaft (de)
• Irish: aiciseach, dúchroíoch
• Italian: dispettoso, vendicativo (it)

• Japanese: 悪意のある (あくいのある, akui no aru), 意地の悪い (いじのわるい, iji no warui), 意地悪な (いじわるな, ijiwaru na), 意地悪い (いじわるい, ijiwarui)
• Maori: waniwani, turatura
• Polish: złośliwy (pl)
• Portuguese: malévolo (pt), danoso (pt), rancoroso (pt) m
• Romanian: malițios (ro), răutăcios (ro), ranchiunos (ro)
• Russian: зло́бный (ru) (zlóbnyj), злой (ru) (zloj), недоброжела́тельный (ru) (nedobroželátelʹnyj), зло́стный (ru) (zlóstnyj)
• Spanish: malévolo, rencoroso, venenoso (es)
• Swedish: illvillig (sv), ondskefull (sv)
• Ukrainian: зло́бний (zlóbnyj)

Further reading

• spiteful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• spiteful in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911