Hypertext Webster Gateway: "spitefulness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spiteful \Spite"ful\, a.
Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to vex,
annoy, or injure; malignant; malicious; as, a spiteful person
or act. --Shak. -- {Spite"ful*ly}, adv. {Spite"ful*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
spitefulness
n 1: feeling a need to see others suffer [syn: {malice}, {maliciousness},
{spite}, {venom}]
2: malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or
nasty [syn: {cattiness}, {bitchiness}, {spite}, {nastiness}]
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