Spiteful \Spite"ful\, a. Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to vex, annoy, or injure; malignant; malicious; as, a spiteful person or act. --Shak. -- {Spite"ful*ly}, adv. {Spite"ful*ness}, n.
spitefulness n 1: feeling a need to see others suffer [syn: {malice}, {maliciousness}, {spite}, {venom}] 2: malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty [syn: {cattiness}, {bitchiness}, {spite}, {nastiness}]