behaving in an unkind way in order to hurt or upset somebody 恶意的；居心不良的；故意使人苦恼的 a spiteful child 一个恶意的孩子 He made some very spiteful remarks to me. 他对我说了一些非常恶意的话。 She was spiteful and unkind to them. 她对他们很恶意和不友好。 Why had she made such a spiteful comment? 她为什么发表如此恶意的评论？