spitefully
Definition
- Adverb:
- In a manner showing or caused by spite; with a desire to hurt, annoy, or offend: The word describes an action performed with malicious ill will or a mean-spirited desire to cause harm or distress to someone else.
Usage
- The adverb "spitefully" modifies verbs to describe how an action is carried out. It indicates the action is motivated by or expresses spite.
- It is typically used in contexts describing interpersonal conflict, retaliation, or unkind behavior.
Examples
- Adverb:
- He answered his accusers spitefully, his voice full of venom.
- She spitefully tore up the letter without reading it.
- The critic wrote a spitefully harsh review of the actor's performance.
Advanced Usage
- "to act spitefully": to behave in a way intended to cause hurt or difficulty for someone.
- After the argument, she began to act spitefully towards her former friend.
- "to speak spitefully": to say things with the primary goal of wounding someone's feelings.
- He was hurt by how spitefully she spoke about his failures.
Variants and Related Words
- Spiteful (adj): having or showing a desire to harm, anger, or defeat someone.
- He gave her a spiteful look.
- Spite (n): a desire to hurt, annoy, or offend someone.
- She broke the vase out of pure spite.
Synonyms
- Maliciously: with the intention to do harm.
- Vindictively: with a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge.
- Meanly: in a nasty, unpleasant, or stingy manner.
- Malevolently: with ill will or a wish to do evil.
Antonyms
- Benevolently: in a well-meaning and kindly manner.
- Kindly: in a kind, warm-hearted, or gentle way.
- Charitably: in a generous or forgiving way, especially toward others.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- "To cut off one's nose to spite one's face": This idiom describes a self-destructive action taken out of spite, where the harm to oneself is greater than the harm to the target. While it contains the word "spite," it is a fixed phrase illustrating the concept.
- Refusing the promotion just to annoy his boss was like cutting off his nose to spite his face.
Adverb
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with spite; in a spiteful manner
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he answered his accusers spitefully
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in a maliciously spiteful manner
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pray for them that despitefully use us
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