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Gehässigkeit — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • spite noun A petty desire to annoy, hurt, or upset someone.
  • spitefulness noun The state or quality of being spiteful.

Senses

Gehässigkeit is used for these senses in English:

  • spite Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice
  • spitefulness (uncountable) The state or quality of being spiteful.
  • spitefulness (countable) The result or product of being spiteful.

spite — full definition

  1. noun A petty desire to annoy, hurt, or upset someone.
  2. verb To deliberately annoy, hurt, or thwart someone.
  3. preposition In the phrase "in spite of," meaning despite or notwithstanding.

spitefulness — full definition

  1. noun The state or quality of being spiteful.
  2. noun The result or product of being spiteful.

Related German words