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SPITEFULNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
Synonyms:
bitchiness; cattiness; nastiness; spite; spitefulness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("spitefulness" is a kind of...):
malevolence; malevolency; malice (the quality of threatening evil)
Derivation:
spiteful (showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Feeling a need to see others suffer
Synonyms:
malice; maliciousness; spite; spitefulness; venom
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("spitefulness" is a kind of...):
malevolence; malignity (wishing evil to others)
Derivation:
spiteful (showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite)
