English-Thai Dictionary

spiteful

ADJ มี เจตนาร้าย  อาฆาต พยาบาท  malicious vindictive me-jed-ta-na-rai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPITEFUL

a.Filled with spite; having a desire to vex, annoy or injure; malignant; malicious.

 

SPITEFULLY

adv. With a desire to vex, annoy or injure; malignantly; maliciously.

 

SPITEFULNESS

n.The desire to vex, annoy or mischief, proceeding from irritation; malice; malignity. It looks more like spitefulness and ill nature, than a diligent search after truth.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPITEFUL

SPITEFUL Spite "ful, a.

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

spiteful

spite ful |ˈspītfəl ˈspaɪtfəl | ▶adjective showing or caused by malice: the teachers made spiteful little jokes about me. DERIVATIVES spite ful ly adverb, spite ful ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

spiteful

spite |ful |ˈspʌɪtfʊl, -f (ə )l | ▶adjective showing or caused by malice: the teachers made spiteful little jokes about me. DERIVATIVES spitefully adverb, spitefulness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

spiteful

spiteful adjective they made spiteful remarks about Paula: malicious, malevolent, evil-intentioned, vindictive, vengeful, malign, mean, nasty, hurtful, mischievous, wounding, cruel, unkind; informal bitchy, catty; literary malefic, maleficent. ANTONYMS benevolent. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See vindictive . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

spiteful

spiteful adjective the other girls made spiteful remarks about Paula: malicious, mean, nasty, cruel, unkind, unfriendly, snide, hurtful, wounding, barbed, cutting, hateful, ill-natured, bitter, venomous, poisonous, acid, hostile, rancorous, malevolent, evil-intentioned, baleful, vindictive, vengeful, vitriolic, vicious, splenetic, malign, malignant, bilious; defamatory; informal bitchy, catty; literary malefic, maleficent; rare squint-eyed. ANTONYMS benevolent, kind, friendly.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

spiteful

spite ful /spáɪtf (ə )l /形容詞 (人に対して )悪意に満ちた, 意地の悪い .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞