English noun: spitefulness | |||
1. | spitefulness (feeling) feeling a need to see others suffer | ||
Synonyms | malice, maliciousness, spite, venom | ||
Broader (hypernym) | malevolence, malignity | ||
2. | spitefulness (attribute) malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty | ||
Synonyms | bitchiness, cattiness, nastiness, spite | ||
Broader (hypernym) | malevolence, malevolency, malice | ||