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

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

• Maori: waniwani, turatura
• Portuguese: malévolo (pt), danoso (pt), rancoroso (pt) m
• Romanian: malițios (ro), răutăcios (ro), ranchiunos (ro)
• Russian: зло́бный (ru) (zlóbnyj)
• Spanish: malévolo, rencoroso, venenoso (es)
• Swedish: illvillig (sv), ondskefull (sv)

Further reading

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