Spiteful Definition

spītfəl
adjective
Full of or showing spite; purposefully annoying; malicious.
Webster's New World
The definition of spiteful is someone who purposely does harm to another.
An example of spiteful is walking up to someone and spitting in their face.
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Origin of Spiteful

  • From spite +"Ž -ful

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Spiteful Sentence Examples

  • When he opened the ballroom door Pierre saw Natasha sitting at the window, with a thin, pale, and spiteful face.

  • She ignores Martin 's spiteful behavior and walks away.

  • The publication of a spiteful letter (really by Horace Walpole, one of whose worst deeds it was) in the name of the king of Prussia made Rousseau believe that plots of the most terrible kind were on foot against him.

  • Most of these people are just spiteful bitter and twisted.

  • She played the spiteful rival to Kim Delaney's Jenny Gardner for three years.

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