Antonyms of adj spiteful
1 sense of spiteful
Sense 1
despiteful, spiteful, vindictive -- (showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite; "a despiteful fiend"; "a truly spiteful child"; "a vindictive man will look for occasions for resentment")
INDIRECT (VIA malicious) -> unmalicious -- (not malicious or spiteful)
Similarity of adj spiteful
1 sense of spiteful
Sense 1
despiteful, spiteful, vindictive -- (showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite; "a despiteful fiend"; "a truly spiteful child"; "a vindictive man will look for occasions for resentment")
=> malicious (vs. unmalicious) -- (having the nature of or resulting from malice; "malicious gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling)