Empathy and Spitefulness

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Empathy noun - Understanding and entering into another's feelings.

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Spitefulness is an antonym for empathy.

Spitefulness noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.

Usage example: cut down their neighbors' tree out of sheer spitefulness

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Empathy is an antonym for spitefulness.

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Spitefulness and Empathy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/empathy/spitefulness

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