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1) (of a person, statement etc) sly and spiteful (catty)

2) deadly; spiteful (venomous)

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acrimonious

(of arguments etc) showing hate, bitterness and disappointment

nasty in behavior, speech

catty

(of a person, statement etc) sly and spiteful

nasty, malicious

cruel

(of a person) taking pleasure in causing pain to, watching the suffering of, others

vicious, pitiless; causing pain

derogatory

(of speech, words etc) showing bad behaviour, a bad quality etc or one's low opinion; damaging a good reputation

offensive, uncomplimentary

envious

full of, feeling, expressing, envy

jealous, resentful

evil

very wicked, bad; likely to cause trouble

sinful, immoral

hateful

extremely unpleasant

nasty, obnoxious

hostile

being or appearing unfriendly

antagonistic, mean

jaundiced

suffering from jaundice; having bad judgement because of prejudice or suspicion

tainted, prejudiced

malicious

feeling, showing, caused by, malice

hateful

mischievous

filled with, engaged in, mischief

devilish, wicked

perverse

(of a person) deliberately continuing to do wrong; (of behaviour) unreasonable

mean, ornery; troublesome

preconceived

(of ideas, opinions) formed in advance (without knowledge or experience)

tainted, prejudiced

revengeful

feeling or showing a desire for revenge

seeking revenge

snide

sneering; suggesting unpleasant thoughts

hateful, nasty

unfriendly

not friendly

nasty, hostile

unkind

not showing kindness

not nice

vengeful

showing a desire for revenge

retaliating; hating

venomous

deadly; spiteful

poisonous; hateful

vindictive

wanting to hurt a person or have revenge

hateful, revengeful

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