SPITEFUL


Meaning of SPITEFUL in English

adjective

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a spiteful liar

Failure had made him bitter and spiteful .

I tried to like Julie but I couldn't forget how spiteful she'd been to me in the past.

On the rare occasions when he was angry, Lowry could be spiteful and petty.

That was a wicked and spiteful thing to do.

You shouldn't be so spiteful to your sister.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

He had entered the police station in a storm of self-righteous protest and had been by turn hectoring, belligerent and spiteful .

His book challenged Galileo in the most spiteful way.

His white face was spiteful , threatening and suggestive.

How could she tell him why Matilda had made such a spiteful remark?

Loeb, the newspaper publisher, gained a national reputation as a spiteful manipulator of politics.

She had given him a spiteful look as she left, taking little catlike steps.

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