Meaning & use
spiteful
Showing a deliberate desire to hurt, upset, or annoy someone, often out of resentment.
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Her spiteful comment about his failed business was meant to hurt, not help.
He canceled the trip out of spiteful anger after their argument.
A note on using this word
Implies a petty, personal motive for cruelty, often smaller in scale than 'vicious' or 'cruel.'
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