| spitefulness 
 
 1. malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
 • Syn:
 cattiness, bitchiness, spite, nastiness
 • Derivationally related forms:
 nasty (for: nastiness), spiteful, spite (for: spite), bitchy (for: bitchiness), catty (for: cattiness)
 • Hypernyms:
 malevolence, malevolency, malice
 2. feeling a need to see others suffer
 • Syn:
 malice, maliciousness, spite, venom
 • Derivationally related forms:
 venomous (for: venom), spiteful, spite (for: spite), malicious (for: maliciousness), malicious (for: malice)
 • Hypernyms:
 malevolence, malignity
 
 
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