spitefulness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for spitefulness
Noun
  • Portrayed throughout the season as an unholy fool of sorts, free of malice and premeditation and utterly harmless once properly medicated, Ed redeems himself to a certain extent.
    Judy Berman, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Understand that controlling behaviors may stem from fear and insecurity rather than malice.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Spiders have venom to subdue prey, but the majority have fangs that are too tiny to puncture human skin.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Luckily the snake did not inject any venom.
    Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Historically, political movements die when they become subsumed by paranoid Jew-hatred.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • This isn’t quite like other rivalries, such as the Iron Bowl or Georgia-Georgia Tech, where coaches motivate their players by talking up their hatred of the other team.
    Seth Emerson, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Also on Sunday, Jacqueline’s aunt, Jackelyn Garcia, 28, was arrested and charged with intentional cruelty to a child under the age of 19, risk of injury to a child and first-degree unlawful restraint.
    KC Baker, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Other scary asylum stories highlighted a fear of institutional cruelty — of authority figures with total power over vulnerable patients.
    Jen Rose Smith, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Giants didn’t finish with an 81-81 record because of Melvin or in spite of him.
    Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The housing authority's board later renominated Lowe in spite of the earlier denial, a move that put the decision on a successor in the hands of the Board of Directors.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Spitefulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spitefulness. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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