Gehässigkeit — meaning in English
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English meaning
- spite noun A petty desire to annoy, hurt, or upset someone.
- spitefulness noun The 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
- noun A petty desire to annoy, hurt, or upset someone.
- verb To deliberately annoy, hurt, or thwart someone.
- preposition In the phrase "in spite of," meaning despite or notwithstanding.
spitefulness — full definition
- noun The quality of being spiteful.
- noun Something done or said out of spite.
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