spitefulness
spitefulness · spitefulnesses
Gehässigkeit, Boshaftigkeit, Bosheit, Niederträchtigkeit
The state or quality of being spitefulThe state or quality of being spiteful.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)The state or quality of being spiteful.
Gehässigkeit, Boshaftigkeit, Bosheit
(countable)The result or product of being spiteful.
Boshaftigkeit, Gehässigkeit, Niederträchtigkeit
More definitions
- malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
- feeling a need to see others suffer
Translations
1 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 2
state or quality of being spiteful:
result or product of being spiteful:
Origin
From spiteful + -ness.From spiteful + -ness.
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Forms
plural: spitefulnesses| Singular | spitefulness |
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Synonyms
9 synonymsClose in meaning
- malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty:cattinessbitchinessspitenastiness
- feeling a need to see others suffer:malicemaliciousnessspitevenom
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable