spiteful Copy link Outline 1. mălĕvŏlus (not quite so strong as Eng.)2. līvĭdus (full of rancorous, jealous feeling)3. mălignus (most comprehensive term)4. infestus (bitterly hostile, but not involving the idea of maliciousness) • spiteful: 1. mălĕvŏlus (not quite so strong as Eng.): Cic.: v. ill-disposed. 2. līvĭdus (full of rancorous, jealous feeling): s. tongue, l. lingua, Ov. F. 1, 74: Hor. Comp. Cic. Tusc. 4, 12, where the invidi et malevoli et lividi, are grouped together. 3. mălignus (most comprehensive term): the most s. people, malignissima capita, Sen. V. B. 18. 4. infestus (bitterly hostile, but not involving the idea of maliciousness): perh. the full sense of Eng. may be best expr. by joining, infestus malevolusque: infestus malignusque, etc.