spiteful as an adjective: - 1
spiteful
adjective
1 spiteful
Showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite:
— A despiteful fiend.
— A truly spiteful child.
synonyms: despiteful, vindictive.
Roget 898:
hating
etc.
v.;
abhorrent;
averse from
etc.
(disliking)
867;
set against.
bitter
etc.
(acrimonious)
895;
implacable
etc.
(revengeful)
919.
unloved,
unbeloved,
unlamented,
undeplored,
unmourned†,
uncared for,
unendeared†,
un-valued;
disliked
etc.
867.
crossed in love,
forsaken,
rejected,
lovelorn,
jilted.
obnoxious,
hateful,
odious,
abominable,
repulsive,
offensive,
shocking;
disgusting
etc.
(disagreeable)
830;
reprehensible.
invidious,
spiteful;
malicious
etc.
907.
insulting,
irritating,
provoking.
[Mutual hate]
at daggers drawn;
not on speaking terms
etc.
(enmity)
889;
at loggerheads.
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Roget 907:
malevolent,
unbenevolent;
unbenign;
ill-disposed,
ill-intentioned,
ill-natured,
ill-conditioned,
ill-contrived;
evil-minded,
evil-disposed;
black-browed†.
malicious;
malign,
malignant;
rancorous;
despiteful,
spiteful;
mordacious,
caustic,
bitter,
envenomed,
acrimonious,
virulent;
unamiable,
uncharitable;
maleficent,
venomous,
grinding,
galling.
harsh,
disobliging;
unkind,
unfriendly,
ungracious;
inofficious†;
invidious;
uncandid;
churlish
etc.
(discourteous)
895;
surly,
sullen
etc.
901.1.
cold,
cold-blooded,
cold-hearted;
black-hearted,
hard-hearted,
flint-hearted,
marble-hearted,
stony-hearted;
hard of heart,
unnatural;
ruthless
etc.
(unmerciful)
914.1;
relentless
etc.
(revengeful)
919.
cruel;
brutal,
brutish;
savage,
savage as a bear,
savage as a tiger;
ferine†,
ferocious;
inhuman;
barbarous,
barbaric,
semibarbaric,
fell,
untamed,
tameless,
truculent,
incendiary;
bloodthirsty
etc.
(murderous)
361;
atrocious;
bloodyminded†.
fiendish,
fiendlike†;
demoniacal;
diabolic,
diabolical;
devilish,
infernal,
hellish,
Satanic;
Tartaran.
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Polish: nienawistny
Moby thesaurus: acrid, acrimonious, antagonistic, antipathetic, bearish, belligerent, bitchy, bitter, cankered, cantankerous, cattish, catty, caustic, churlish, clashing, colliding, conflicting, crabbed, cranky, cross, cross-grained, crusty, cussed, despiteful, disagreeable, evil, excitable, feisty, fractious, full of hate, hateful, hostile, huffish, huffy, invidious, irascible, irritable, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, ornery, perverse, punitive, quarrelsome, rancorous, repugnant, retaliative, retaliatory, retributive, retributory, revengeful, set against, snappish, sore, spleeny, splenetic, testy, ugly, unforgiving, unfriendly, vengeful, venomous, vicious, vindictive, virulent, vitriolic, waspish, wicked ... show more.
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