Etymology

spiteful

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Today it means: Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to annoy or harm. Full definition →

Middle English spytefulle
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromspytefulle
  2. English todayspiteful

From Middle English spytefulle. By surface analysis, spite + -ful.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.