spitefulness
noun
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the gossip would utter the most vicious things with a spiteful smile
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So this gave me a chance to address some of those things, just not in a spiteful or vengeful way.
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Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 19 June 2024
The chanting, spiteful crowd has been right both nights.
—Andrew Callahan, Hartford Courant, 10 June 2024
The end of the JCPOA made a spiteful Iran even more aggressive and added Tehran’s now unrestrained nuclear activities to its list of concerns.
—Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2023
But then the Trump administration, in its spiteful efforts to undo everything Obama, stopped the program, known as DACA.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar. 2024
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Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 19 June 2024
The chanting, spiteful crowd has been right both nights.
—Andrew Callahan, Hartford Courant, 10 June 2024
The end of the JCPOA made a spiteful Iran even more aggressive and added Tehran’s now unrestrained nuclear activities to its list of concerns.
—Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2023
But then the Trump administration, in its spiteful efforts to undo everything Obama, stopped the program, known as DACA.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar. 2024
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“Spiteful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spiteful. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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