spitefulness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

spitefulness
    n 1: feeling a need to see others suffer [syn: {malice},
         {maliciousness}, {spite}, {spitefulness}, {venom}]
    2: malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
       [syn: {cattiness}, {bitchiness}, {spite}, {spitefulness},
       {nastiness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Spiteful \Spite"ful\, a.
   Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to vex,
   annoy, or injure; malignant; malicious; as, a spiteful person
   or act. --Shak. -- {Spite"ful*ly}, adv. {Spite"ful*ness}, n.
   [1913 Webster]

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