spiteful
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Over the next several years, Tidmarsh sent a series of spiteful messages to Tang and his business associates, the lawsuit said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025
In an interview with the Guardian, she described the policy as "spiteful," adding it had "punished and pushed children into hardship".
From BBC • Sep. 19, 2025
On Monday, at a proceeds of crime hearing, Swansea Crown Court heard that due to inflation the sum stolen by their "greedy and spiteful" mother and grandfather was now worth about £65,000.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2025
That extra spiteful mile is unlikely to sit well with the workers who weren’t fired, since they may be next.
From Slate • Feb. 18, 2025
Now she thought, Theo is being spiteful and Luke is trying to be nice; Luke is ashamed of himself for laughing at me and he is ashamed of Theo for being spiteful.
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
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