noun
malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
• Syn: ↑bitchiness, ↑spite, ↑spitefulness, ↑nastiness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑nasty (for: ↑nastiness), ↑spiteful (for: ↑spitefulness), ↑spite (for: ↑spite), ↑bitchy (for: ↑bitchiness), ↑catty
• Hypernyms: ↑malevolence, ↑malevolency, ↑malice
Useful english dictionary. 2012.