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| type | s |
| lex_filenum | 00 |
| def | showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt |
| def | motivated by spite |
| examples | a despiteful fiend a truly spiteful child a vindictive man will look for occasions for resentment |
| Outgoing links | |
| Similar to | malicious |
| Derivationally related form | vindictive → vindictiveness |
| Derivationally related form | spiteful → spitefulness; spiteful → spitefulness |
| Incoming links | |
| Similar to | malicious |
| Derived from adjective | spitefully → spiteful |
| Derived from adjective | spitefully → spiteful |
| Derived from adjective | despitefully → despiteful |
| Derivationally related form | spitefulness → spiteful; spitefulness → spiteful |
| Derivationally related form | vindictiveness → vindictive |
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