"spiteful" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more spiteful [comparative], spitefuller [comparative, rare], most spiteful [superlative], spitefullest [rare, superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English spytefulle, equivalent to spite + -ful. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|spytefulle}} Middle English spytefulle, {{suffix|en|spite|ful|pos=adjective}} spite + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj|more|spitefuller|comp2_qual=rare|sup2_qual=rare}} spiteful (comparative more spiteful or (rare) spitefuller, superlative most spiteful or (rare) spitefullest)
  1. Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to annoy or harm. Categories (topical): Emotions, Personality Synonyms: malignant, malicious, spightful [obsolete], spightfull [obsolete], spitefull [archaic] Translations (filled with spite): kinli (Azerbaijani), зло́сны (zlósny) (Belarusian), зласлі́вы (zlaslívy) (Belarusian), зло́бен (zlóben) (Bulgarian), злостен (zlosten) (Bulgarian), maliciós (Catalan), rancuniós (Catalan), 刻毒 (kèdú) (Chinese Mandarin), ondsindet (Danish), ondskabsfuld (Danish), hatelijk (Dutch), rancuneus (Dutch), onheus (Dutch), rancunier (French), gehässig (German), boshaft (German), aiciseach (Irish), dúchroíoch (Irish), dispettoso (Italian), vendicativo (Italian), 悪意のある (akui no aru) (alt: あくいのある) (Japanese), 意地の悪い (iji no warui) (alt: いじのわるい) (Japanese), 意地悪な (ijiwaru na) (alt: いじわるな) (Japanese), 意地悪い (ijiwarui) (alt: いじわるい) (Japanese), waniwani (Maori), turatura (Maori), kaikino (Maori), złośliwy (Polish), robiący na złość (Polish), wredny (Polish), malévolo (Portuguese), danoso (Portuguese), rancoroso [masculine] (Portuguese), malițios (Romanian), răutăcios (Romanian), ranchiunos (Romanian), зло́бный (zlóbnyj) (Russian), злой (zloj) (Russian), недоброжела́тельный (nedobroželátelʹnyj) (Russian), зло́стный (zlóstnyj) (Russian), malévolo (Spanish), rencoroso (Spanish), venenoso (Spanish), illvillig (Swedish), ondskefull (Swedish), зло́бний (zlóbnyj) (Ukrainian)

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          "sense": "filled with spite",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "filled with spite",
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      "sense": "filled with spite",
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      "sense": "filled with spite",
      "word": "danoso"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "filled with spite",
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      "sense": "filled with spite",
      "word": "malițios"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "filled with spite",
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      "roman": "zloj",
      "sense": "filled with spite",
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nedobroželátelʹnyj",
      "sense": "filled with spite",
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      "roman": "zlóstnyj",
      "sense": "filled with spite",
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      "sense": "filled with spite",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "filled with spite",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "filled with spite",
      "word": "venenoso"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "filled with spite",
      "word": "illvillig"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "filled with spite",
      "word": "ondskefull"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zlóbnyj",
      "sense": "filled with spite",
      "word": "зло́бний"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spiteful"
}

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