spiteful
/ˈspaɪtfʊl/
spiteful adjective: filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to annoy or harm.
Adjective
spiteful (comparative more spiteful or (rare) spitefuller, superlative most spiteful or (rare) spitefullest)
- Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to annoy or harm.
- It's not like you killed someone
It's not like you drove a spiteful spear into his side
Talk to Jesus Christ as if he knows the reasons why
He did it all for you2000, “Judith”, performed by A Perfect Circle
- Synonyms:
- malignant, malicious, nasty, barbarous, bowelless, brutal, compassionless, cruel, flagitious, demonic
- It's not like you killed someone
spiteful meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
spiteful in Hindi
- filled with spite
- द्वेषी dveṣī, अपकारी apkārī
spiteful in Tamil
- கெடுக்கும் எண்ணமுள்ள, வெறுக்கத்தக்க, வன்மமுடைய, முரட்டுத் தன்மையுடைய
spiteful in Urdu
- spiteful, malicious
- زہریلا zahrīlā
- spiteful
- ایرشالو īrśālū
spiteful in Bengali
- বিদ্বেষপরায়ণ, প্রতিহিংসাপরায়ণ
More languagesFewer languages
- spiteful in Malayalam
- മത്സരമുള്ള, വിരോധമുള്ള, അസൂയയുള്ള
Synonyms of spiteful
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Forms of spiteful
| comparative | more spiteful |
|---|---|
| superlative | most spiteful |
| comparative (rare) | spitefuller |
| superlative (rare) | spitefullest |
| alternative form (obsolete) | spightful |
| alternative form (obsolete) | spightfull |
| alternative form (obsolete) | spitefull |
Origin of spiteful
From Middle English spytefulle. By surface analysis, spite + -ful.
Words formed from spiteful
Questions about spiteful
- What does spiteful mean?
- Spiteful means filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to annoy or harm.
- What is spiteful in Hindi?
- Spiteful in Hindi is द्वेषी (dveṣī), अपकारी (apkārī). See Spiteful meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is spiteful?
- Spiteful is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce spiteful?
- Spiteful is pronounced /ˈspaɪtfʊl/.
Words near spiteful in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: spiteful (page history and authors); spiteful (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ایرشالو (Urdu) (page history and authors); spiteful (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); spiteful (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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