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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to vex, annoy, or injure; malignant; malicious;

as, a

spiteful

person or act

Shak.

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Spite′ful-ly

adv.

Spite′ful-ness

Noun.

Adj.

Filled with spite; having a desire to vex, annoy or injure; malignant; malicious.

--A wayward son, spiteful and wrathful.