spiteful
adjective/ˈspaɪtfl/
/ˈspaɪtfl/
- behaving in an unkind way in order to hurt or upset somebody synonym malicious
- a spiteful child
- He made some very spiteful remarks to me.
- She was spiteful and unkind to them.
- Why had she made such a spiteful comment?
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