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Meanings of spiteful in English
Spanish
spiteful 
Showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite.
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Usage of spiteful in English
1
He wasn't mean or spiteful, just irresponsible and young for his age.
2
Helen Garner: 'I used to feel spiteful because I never won prizes.
3
I hadn't come this far to bow down to a spiteful machine.
4
Suddenly the top of the carriage replied with spiteful flashes of red.
5
She takes the highest moral ground, in a tone of spiteful politeness.
6
Nightfall came and with it the spiteful crack of the Mauser rifle.
7
The spiteful depositions they made against her became accusations in their mouths.
8
No; I believe I should have been more spiteful against her still.
9
Every one tried to outdo the other in saying caustic, spiteful things.
10
When it comes time to pay, the computer seems to get spiteful.
11
There are the spiteful women whose very breath is acidity and venom.
12
I am a spiteful man - here is an ideal meeting place.
13
There was a peculiarly spiteful sound to the passage of these bullets.
14
I took back all the spiteful thoughts I'd just had about Wally.
15
Rosémilly a little, but in a very judicious way, not too spiteful.
16
Now one of these young men had a bad and spiteful disposition.
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Spiteful across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common