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spiteful

adjective/ˈspaɪtf(ə)l/

a person who is spiteful is so full of anger that s/he wants to deliberately hurt or upset another person; hostile

The experiences he had gone through turned him into a spiteful man and all he wanted was revenge.

maliciousvindictivehatefulvenomous
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