Antonyms for spiteful
ˈspaɪt fəlspite·ful

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1. spiteful

   Antonyms:
   kind, benevolent, good-natured

   Synonyms:
   malicious, malevolent, malignant, malign, ill-natured, evilminded

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1. despiteful, spiteful, vindictiveadjective

   showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite

   "a despiteful fiend"; "a truly spiteful child"; "a vindictive man will look for occasions for resentment"

   Antonyms:
   unmalicious

   Synonyms:
   vengeful, despiteful, revengeful, vindictive

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1. spitefuladjective

   Synonyms:
   malicious, malign, malignant, rancorous, hateful

How to use spiteful in a sentence?

1. unknown:

   Spiteful words can hurt your feelings, but silence breaks your heart.

2. Jeff Molina:

   It’s not even about being an ally, i ’m not saying I ’m not, but just be a decent f ----- person. Just be a decent human being. And judging someone and trying to justify it with religion and saying all sorts of spiteful, hateful s --- … It’s crazy to me. It’s mind-boggling. Who cares who someone wants to be with ? Or their sexual preference ?

3. The Republican-controlled Senate:

   Instead of self-victimizing and self-aggrandizing, instead of being spiteful and vindictive, President Trump could have used his nationally televised speech to show some contrition and unite the nation.

4. Geraldo Rivera:

   I'm generally pro-union, but this walkout was clumsy, it was spiteful. It was absolutely devastating for these children's well-being. Where are they going to eat, some of these families now? I think it's absolutely awful. This is … absolutely cruel what they have done to these children.

5. Isaac Hill:

   …revenge reduces you to your worst self, puts you on the same level with those spiteful people we claim to abhor.

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