音标:['spaitfəlnis] ;
n. 怀恨在心;充满恶意
n. feeling a need to see others suffer
n. malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
词型变化:名词复数形式 : spitefulnesses

spiteful的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. It was spiteful of you to tell him that.你告诉他那件事是怀有恶意的。
  2. He has been a spiteful sort of man.他是一个善于怀恨的男人。

经典引文

  • She saw nothing spiteful in his face,..no real viciousness.

    出自:M. Hocking
  • Teachers made spiteful little jokes about me.

    出自:A. Craig
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