SPITEFULNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

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)