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spitefulness

noun

The state or quality of being spiteful.

Similar

nastiness hatefulness maliciousness malevolence malice spite venom cattiness

Scrabble 17

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Meanings

nounspitefulness (countable and uncountable, plural spitefulnesses)

plural spitefulnesses

uncountableThe state or quality of being spiteful.
countableThe result or product of being spiteful.

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar

nastiness hatefulness maliciousness malevolence

nounfeeling a need to see others suffer

Similar

malice maliciousness spite venom

Broader

malevolence malignity

nounmalevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty

Similar

cattiness bitchiness spite nastiness

Broader

malevolence malevolency malice

Also see

bitchiness cattiness malice maliciousness nastiness spite venom

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From spiteful + -ness.

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Translations

German Gehässigkeit, Boshaftigkeit

Gehässigkeitstate or quality of being spiteful
Boshaftigkeitstate or quality of being spiteful
Bosheitstate or quality of being spiteful
Boshaftigkeitresult or product of being spiteful
Gehässigkeitresult or product of being spiteful
Niederträchtigkeitresult or product of being spiteful
Gemeinheitresult or product of being spiteful
Niedertrachtresult or product of being spiteful
Bosheitresult or product of being spiteful

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APA

spitefulness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spitefulness

MLA

“spitefulness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spitefulness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spitefulness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spitefulness.

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