Spitefulness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spiteful \Spite"ful\, a.
     Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to vex,
     annoy, or injure; malignant; malicious; as, a spiteful person
     or act. --Shak. -- {Spite"ful*ly}, adv. {Spite"ful*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spitefulness
       n 1: feeling a need to see others suffer [syn: {malice}, {maliciousness},
             {spite}, {venom}]
       2: malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or
          nasty [syn: {cattiness}, {bitchiness}, {spite}, {nastiness}]