spitefulness

spitefulness
noun see spiteful

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • spitefulness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. A desire to harm others or to see others suffer: despitefulness, ill will, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, malignity, meanness, nastiness, poisonousness, spite, venomousness, viciousness. See… …   English dictionary for students

  • spitefulness — spite·ful·ness || spaɪtfÊŠlnɪs n. maliciousness, malevolence, vindictiveness, ill will …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • revenge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. &v. See retaliation. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of returning an injury] Syn. vengeance, requital, reprisal, getting even, measure for measure, an eye for an eye, blow for blow, tit for tat,… …   English dictionary for students

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