spiteful
/ˈspʌɪtfʊl/
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American sound/ˈspʌɪtfʊl/
spiteful
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
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spi - te - ful -> spiteful
Myanmar meaning
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မလိုမုန်းထားစိတ်။ အာဃာတ။
I'm sure he only said it out of spite.
v (only used in the infinitive with to ) မလိုမုန်းထားစိတ် ဖြင့် တမင်တကာ လုပ်သည်။ The neighbours play loud music every evening just to spite us.
❏ in spite of sth [IDM ] လျက်နှင့်။ လင့်ကစား။ စေကာမူ။ သော်လည်း။ They went out in spite of the rain. ❍ In spite of all our efforts we failed.
❏ in spite of oneself [IDM ] မရည်ရွယ်ဘဲနှင့်။ အလိုလို။ He found himself smiling in spite of himself.
❏ spiteful /-fl / adj မလိုတမာ။ a spiteful comment ❍ He's just being spiteful.
❏ spitefully /-fǝli/ adv မလိုမုန်းထားလျက်။ မလိုတမာစိတ်ဖြင့်။ အာဃာတဖြင့်။
❏ spitefulness n [U] မလိုမုန်းထားမှု။ အမျက်အဤ။
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malice, ill will, ill feeling, bad feeling, nastiness, unkindness, spitefulness, malevolence, animosity, annoy, antipathy, bad blood, begrudge, beset, contempt, crab, cramp style, despite, discomfit, enmity, gall, get even, grudge, hang up, harass, harm, harsh feeling, hate, hateful feeling, hatred, hurt, injure, louse up, maliciousness, malignity, meanness, needle, nettle, offend, peeve, persecute, pique, provoke, put out, rancor, resentment, revenge, spleen, umbrage, upset the apple cart, vengeance, vengefulness, venom, vex, viciousness, vindictiveness
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