Spiteful and Toxic

Spiteful

Spiteful adjective - Having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it.

Toxic and spiteful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Toxic" instead an adjective "Spiteful".

Nearby Words: spite, spitefully, spited

Toxic

Toxic adjective - Containing or contaminated with a substance capable of injuring or killing a living thing.

Spiteful and toxic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Spiteful" instead an adjective "Toxic".

Nearby Words: toxicant, toxin

Both words in one sentence

  • Blke Thorburn of Pact is the only one of his extended family to make it out of the toxic environment that their Big Screwed-Up Family became over an inheritance conflict, with dubiously-legal acts of sabotage and spiteful manipulation abounding.
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