spitefulness
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spitefulness — index ill will, malice, rancor, spite Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
spitefulness — spiteful ► ADJECTIVE ▪ showing or caused by malice. DERIVATIVES spitefully adverb spitefulness noun … English terms dictionary
Spitefulness — Spiteful Spite ful, a. 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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spitefulness — noun see spiteful … New Collegiate Dictionary
spitefulness — noun a) The state or quality of being spiteful. b) The result or product of being spiteful … Wiktionary
spitefulness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. A desire to harm others or to see others suffer: despitefulness, ill will, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, malignity, meanness, nastiness, poisonousness, spite, venomousness, viciousness. See… … English dictionary for students
spitefulness — spite·ful·ness || spaɪtfÊŠlnɪs n. maliciousness, malevolence, vindictiveness, ill will … English contemporary dictionary
spitefulness — spite·ful·ness … English syllables
spitefulness — noun 1. malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty • Syn: ↑cattiness, ↑bitchiness, ↑spite, ↑nastiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑nasty (for: ↑nastiness), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
revenge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. &v. See retaliation. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of returning an injury] Syn. vengeance, requital, reprisal, getting even, measure for measure, an eye for an eye, blow for blow, tit for tat,… … English dictionary for students