Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun spitefulness

2 senses of spitefulness

Sense 1
malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venom -- (feeling a need to see others suffer)
       => malevolence, malignity -- (wishing evil to others)

Sense 2
cattiness, bitchiness, spite, spitefulness, nastiness -- (malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty)
       => malevolence, malevolency, malice -- (the quality of threatening evil)