spitefully
adverb
disapprovinguk/ˈspaɪt.fəl.i/us/ˈspaɪt.fəl.i/in a way thatshowsyouwanttoannoy,upset, orhurtanotherperson, because youfeelangrytowards them:
恶意地;怀恨在心地She spitefullyremovedhisnamefrom theinvitationlist.她恶意地把他的名字从邀请名单上删掉了。
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spiteful
- "Stillaliveanyway," Stephen said spitefully as hismotherwentdownstairsout ofearshot.
- She spitefullydestroyedanother child'ssandcastle.
- I got the dish-cloth andratherspitefullyscrubbedEdgar'snoseandmouth,affirmingitservedhimrightformeddling.
- Spitefully, theysatin thefrontrow,glaringat theextraordinaryman infrontof them andhopingto put him off hisstride.
- People used to say, spitefully and untruly, that he would haveletDorothypreachhissermonsfor him if it had beenpossible.
Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
- acerbic
- acerbity
- acidly
- anti-cruelty
- anti-humanitarian
- cruelty
- cutthroat
- fiendish
- fiendishness
- hard-hearted
- nastily
- nastiness
- nasty
- pitiless
- pitilessly
- unchristian
- uncompassionate
- unfeeling
- ungenerous
- ungenerously