spiteful
Example Sentences
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"Tourette's can feel spiteful and searches out the most upsetting tic for me personally and for those around me," he explained.
From BBC
“Now you just need her,” I told Mother before returning my spiteful attention to Olka.
From Literature
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He defined the domestic cat, for instance, as “a deceitful animal, and when enraged, extremely spiteful.”
Smith, booed to the crease by the travelling fans, edged to second slip, then Khawaja gloved a spiteful lifter.
From BBC
One writer noted there was “no great compliment involved in having this spiteful looking object for a namesake.”
From Los Angeles Times
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