100 Best Synonyms for “Spiteful”

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. acid Bitterly sharp or cutting.
2. acrimonious Bitter and angry in tone.
3. aggressive Hostile or forceful.
4. antagonistic Actively opposed or hostile.
5. bad-minded Having unkind or harmful intentions.
6. baleful Threatening harm or evil.
7. barbarous Extremely cruel and uncivilized.
8. barbed Designed to hurt or criticize.
9. beastly Very unpleasant and cruel.
10. bitchy Mean and spitefully critical.
11. biting Sharply hurtful or sarcastic.
12. bitter Resentful and harsh.
13. brutal Cruel and harsh.
14. brutish Cruel and insensitive.
15. callous Insensitive to others’ suffering.
16. cantankerous Bad-tempered and quarrelsome.
17. catty Spitefully critical or malicious.
18. caustic Bitingly sarcastic and hurtful.
19. cold-hearted Unfeeling and cruel.
20. combative Ready to fight or argue.
21. cruel Deliberately causing pain.
22. cutting Intended to wound emotionally.
23. devilish Wicked and cruel.
24. diabolical Extremely evil or cruel.
25. dirty Unfair and malicious.
26. embittered Made bitter and resentful.
27. evil-intentioned Intending evil or harm.
28. evil-minded Inclined toward harmful intentions.
29. fiendish Extremely cruel or wicked.
30. fractious Irritable and quarrelsome.
31. grudge-bearing Holding resentment against someone.
32. hard-hearted Lacking sympathy or mercy.
33. harsh Severely unkind or cruel.
34. hate-filled Full of intense hatred.
35. hateful Full of hate.
36. heartless Showing no compassion.
37. hostile Unfriendly and antagonistic.
38. hurtful Causing emotional pain.
39. ill-disposed Hostile or unfriendly toward someone.
40. ill-intentioned Having harmful intentions.
41. ill-meaning Intending harm or unkindness.
42. ill-natured Having an unkind disposition.
43. ill-willed Having harmful feelings toward others.
44. implacable Unwilling to stop hostility.
45. inhuman Extremely cruel or lacking compassion.
46. inhumane Cruel and without compassion.
47. low-minded Mean and dishonorable.
48. mal-intentioned Having malicious intentions.
49. malcontented Bitterly dissatisfied and hostile.
50. malefic Harmful or evil in influence.
51. maleficent Working or wishing evil.
52. malevolent Wishing harm to others.
53. malevolently minded Inclined to wish harm.
54. malicious Intending to cause harm.
55. malign Evil or harmful in intent.
56. malignant Harmful and full of ill will.
57. mean Unkind and hurtful.
58. merciless Showing no mercy.
59. mordant Bitingly sarcastic.
60. morose Gloomy and ill-tempered.
61. nasty Deliberately unpleasant or unkind.
62. payback-minded Focused on getting revenge.
63. petty Small-minded and mean.
64. pitiless Showing no pity.
65. poisonous Malicious and harmful.
66. rancorous Full of deep bitterness.
67. remorseless Showing no regret for harm.
68. resentful Full of angry bitterness.
69. revengeful Seeking revenge.
70. ruthless Showing no compassion or mercy.
71. sadistic Enjoying others’ suffering.
72. sarcastic Mocking in a hurtful way.
73. sardonic Bitterly mocking or cynical.
74. savage Fiercely cruel.
75. scathing Severely critical and hurtful.
76. soured Made bitter or resentful.
77. spite-driven Motivated by spite.
78. spite-laden Filled with spite.
79. spite-ridden Full of petty malice.
80. stinging Sharply painful or hurtful.
81. toxic Harmfully malicious or destructive.
82. treacherous Betraying trust maliciously.
83. truculent Aggressively hostile.
84. uncharitable Harsh and ungenerous in judgment.
85. unfeeling Lacking sympathy or sensitivity.
86. unforgiving Refusing to forgive wrongs.
87. unkind Lacking kindness or compassion.
88. unrelenting Not softening or forgiving.
89. unsympathetic Showing little sympathy.
90. vengeful Wanting revenge for a wrong.
91. venomous Bitterly malicious in speech.
92. vicious Deliberately cruel or violent.
93. vindictive Eager to get revenge.
94. viperish Venomously malicious.
95. viperous Venomous and spiteful.
96. virulent Extremely bitter or hostile.
97. vitriolic Filled with bitter criticism.
98. waspish Sharp-tongued and irritable.
99. wicked Morally bad and harmful.
100. withering Devastatingly harsh or contemptuous.