spiteful

[US]/'spaɪtfʊl/

[UK]/'spaɪtfl/

Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. full of malice or ill will; showing or caused by malice

It was very spiteful of her to do that.

He gave her a spiteful pinch.

the teachers made spiteful little jokes about me.

"he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful";

He became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful; I find his obsequiousness repellent.

Her glee knew no bounds when she crossed the finish line first); it may suggest spiteful pleasuresuch as that experienced at another's bad fortune (

Not yet. But he will when he's feeling spiteful. I wish we could be shot of him.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Segmented Version) Season 1

They may even accuse them of disloyalty, or make some spiteful remark about the friends' parents.

Source: New Concept English. British Edition. Book Four (Translation)

On-screen, Kevin is quite obviously malicious, first as a nasty little boy and then as a spiteful, ink-eyed teenager.

Source: The Economist - Arts

The powerful Titan created the gods of Olympus, but he was petty spiteful and he wanted all his competition destroyed.

Source: Villains' Tea Party

When she turned out to be not just unhelpful but actually spiteful, I was not just disappointed; I felt betrayed.

Source: Lean In

He was a small, crabbed, quick-tempered, spiteful man.

Source: Twelve Years a Slave

Although it reduce the opportunities for spiteful revenge...

Source: Complete English Speech Collection

" What a spiteful, stupid little girl you are" !

Source: Women's Paradise (Middle)

" I know something spiteful's going to happen" !

Source: Lonely Heart (Part 2)

But, like his father before him, Zeus was impulsive and spiteful.

Source: Koranos Animation Science Popularization

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