| 词汇 | spiteful |
| 释义 | spitefulWord family adjectivespitefuladverbspitefullynounspitefulnessspite spite·ful /ˈspaɪtfəl/ adjectiveadj CRUELdeliberately nasty to someone in order to hurt or upset them 有恶意的；恶毒的 SYN vicious She was spiteful and unkind, both to Isabel and to her son. 她又恶毒又刻薄，对伊莎贝尔这样，对她的儿子也这样。 a spiteful remark ► see thesaurus at unkind 刻薄话 —spitefully adverbadv Examples from the Corpus spiteful• Failure had made him bitter and spiteful.• He had entered the police station in a storm of self-righteous protest and had been by turn hectoring, belligerent and spiteful.• On the rare occasions when he was angry, Lowry could be spiteful and petty.• a spiteful liar• She had given him a spiteful look as she left, taking little catlike steps.• Loeb, the newspaper publisher, gained a national reputation as a spiteful manipulator of politics.• How could she tell him why Matilda had made such a spiteful remark?• I tried to like Julie but I couldn't forget how spiteful she'd been to me in the past.• That was a wicked and spiteful thing to do.• His white face was spiteful, threatening and suggestive.• You shouldn't be so spiteful to your sister.• His book challenged Galileo in the most spiteful way. |
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