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# spiteful

adjective (more spiteful, most spiteful)

«spiteful» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Spiteful means wanting to hurt or annoy someone, and being unkind on purpose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spiteful/#m1)

### In the lessons

in the tales, a cruel or nasty character, such as a jealous queen or a bad-tempered creature

### Examples

- The spiteful creature lifted its crest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spiteful/#x1)
- The spiteful queen said, «There's an end of all thy beauty.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spiteful/#x2)
- He had a bad and spiteful nature. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spiteful/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «spiteful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spiteful/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«spiteful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/spiteful.html) on Mova free.