Synonyms for spiteful
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Vindictive
vindictive, malicious, hateful, revengeful, nasty, vicious, cruel, resentful, malignant, venomous, malevolent, catty informal, sadistic, mischievous, rancorous, caustic, evil-minded, savage, malign, fell, unpitying, truculent
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to annoy or harm.
Example sentences
- malicious There shall be no hindrances to my malicious plan.
- hateful What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow.
- vindictive He became quite vindictive after his wife left him.
- ugly Between you and me, the fat ugly man is on a diet.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| spiteful | rising | |
| malicious | rising | |
| hateful | rising | |
| vindictive | rising | |
| revengeful | steady | |
| ugly | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- fell1, ugly2
- 5 letters
- nasty2, cruel2, catty2
- 6 letters
- savage2, malign2
- 7 letters
- vicious2, hateful2, caustic2
- 8 letters
- sadistic3, venomous3
- 9 letters
- malicious3, malignant3, resentful3, truculent3, rancorous3, unpitying
- 10 letters
- vindictive3, malevolent4, revengeful
- 11 letters
- mischievous3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ugly2 = 2 syllables).