SPITEFULNESSES Synonyms: 169 Similar and Opposite Words

spiteful 1 of 2

adjective

ˈspīt-fəl

as in malicious

having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it the gossip would utter the most vicious things with a spiteful smile

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spitefulness

2 of 2

noun

as in malice

the desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm cut down their neighbors' tree out of sheer spitefulness

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Recent Examples of spiteful

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Share [Findings] Unaffiliated voters are growing more spiteful toward both Democrats and Republicans. —

Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025 Iannucci may spin stories of spiteful people, but Iannucci the person is different. —

John Baldoni, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025 This sequel was similar in its angry, bleak tone but amped up with little of the polish that some in Washington had hoped would signal Trump’s second term might be less spiteful than the first go-around. —

Philip Elliott, TIME, 20 Jan. 2025 The end of the JCPOA made a spiteful Iran even more aggressive. —

Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2023 See All Example Sentences for spiteful

Recent Examples of Synonyms for spiteful

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These attacks work by causing a software package to access the wrong component dependency, for instance by publishing a malicious package and giving it the same name as the legitimate one but with a later version stamp.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2025
The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links that install malware, potentially accessing your private information, is to have antivirus software installed on all your devices.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2025