spiteful

«spiteful» in Mova's school dictionary: wanting to hurt or annoy someone, and being unkind on… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (more spiteful, most spiteful)

meaning for a pupil

Spiteful means wanting to hurt or annoy someone, and being unkind on purpose. tree →

sense 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 →
• The spiteful queen said, «There's an end of all thy beauty.» tree →
• He had a bad and spiteful nature. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «spiteful» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.