spitefulness
Example Sentences
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Steve Jones, defending, said that Barrett acknowledged the "spitefulness" of her actions, but that it was an offence committed "on impulse".
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2024
But in "F2F," her spitefulness and self-hatred are almost too relatable you forget her lyrics are so toxic.
From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2023
It has a Big Bad — Leland Townsend, a primly malevolent nemesis played with a marvelous comic spitefulness by Michael Emerson — whose ratio of psychopathy versus supernatural dominion is teasingly unspecified.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2021
The self-serving spitefulness of the Roy family was repeatedly put into sharp relief by a number of foils and opponents who were somehow even worse.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 19, 2019
There’s nothing but spitefulness that’ll argue she’s wrong.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
