noun
Meaning 1
The state or quality of being spiteful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
spitefulness
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noun
Meaning 2
The result or product of being spiteful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cattiness, bitchiness, spite, nastiness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: malevolence, malevolency, malice
noun
Meaning 4
feeling a need to see others suffer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: malice, maliciousness, spite, venom
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: malevolence, malignity
History
Etymology
From spiteful + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: Gehässigkeit — state or quality of being spiteful
- German: Boshaftigkeit — state or quality of being spiteful
- German: Bosheit — state or quality of being spiteful
- German: Boshaftigkeit — result or product of being spiteful
- German: Gehässigkeit — result or product of being spiteful
- German: Niederträchtigkeit — result or product of being spiteful
- German: Gemeinheit — result or product of being spiteful
- German: Niedertracht — result or product of being spiteful
- German: Bosheit — result or product of being spiteful