spitesome

English

Etymology

From spite +‎ -some.

Adjective

spitesome (comparative more spitesome, superlative most spitesome)

1. Characterised or marked by spite.
   • 1989, Lou Cameron, Crooked Lance, page 121:

     So he explained, “I meant them words more big-brotherly than spitesome, ma'am.

   • 2001, Tabor Evans, Longarm and the Lady Bandit:

     She spat, “Fuck you!” So the marshal shrugged and turned to the other prisoner cuffed to the spitesome little thing.

See also

• spiteful

Anagrams

• epistomes, epsomites