spite-fulとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 spytefulle. By surface analysis, spite +‎ -ful.

発音

• IPA: /ˈspaɪtfʊl/

形容詞

spiteful (comparative more spiteful or (rare) spitefuller, superlative most spiteful or (rare) spitefullest)

1. Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to annoy or harm.

   Synonyms: malignant, malicious, nasty; see also Thesaurus:cruel

   • 2000, “Judith”, performed by A Perfect Circle:

     It's not like you killed someone
     It's not like you drove a spiteful spear into his side
     Talk to Jesus Christ as if he knows the reasons why
     He did it all for you

派生語

Further reading

• “spiteful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “spiteful”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.