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English Dictionary: spiteful by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spiteful
adj
  1. showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite; "a despiteful fiend"; "a truly spiteful child"; "a vindictive man will look for occasions for resentment"
    Synonym(s): despiteful, spiteful, vindictive
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spiteful \Spite"ful\, a.
      Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to vex,
      annoy, or injure; malignant; malicious; as, a spiteful person
      or act. --Shak. -- {Spite"ful*ly}, adv. {Spite"ful*ness}, n.
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