[syn: cattiness, bitchiness, spite, spitefulness, nastiness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
spitefulness
n 1: feeling a need to see others suffer [syn: malice,
maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venom]
2: malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
[syn: cattiness, bitchiness, spite, spitefulness,
nastiness]