spiteful
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Over the next several years, Tidmarsh sent a series of spiteful messages to Tang and his business associates, the lawsuit said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025
"It is quite spiteful what she is doing, but it is all wrapped up in this lady façade."
From BBC • May 22, 2025
That extra spiteful mile is unlikely to sit well with the workers who weren’t fired, since they may be next.
From Slate • Feb. 18, 2025
“Not Like Us” came out last year at the climax of a well-publicized feud between Drake and Lamar that involved the exchange of more than half a dozen increasingly spiteful diss tracks.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025
I follow his gaze to the spiteful ocean and direct all of my hate toward it.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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