0 the quality of wanting to annoy, upset, or hurt another person, because you feel angry towards them:
There is an incredible level of small-minded immaturity and spitefulness among some people.
A chimp study suggests spitefulness is a uniquely human trait.
The love and respect my mother held for my father turned now to hatred and spitefulness.
Dad left us when I was seven because he couldn't take any more of her shouting and spitefulness.
In Agamemnon, we see a case of revenge that is primarily driven by anger and spitefulness.
This is a political spitefulness of incredible proportions.
