Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
SPITEFUL
despiteful, spiteful, vindictive
(adjective) showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite; “a despiteful fiend”; “a truly spiteful child”; “a vindictive man will look for occasions for resentment”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
spiteful (comparative spitefuller, )
Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to annoy or harm.
Synonyms: malignant, malicious
Source: Wiktionary
Spite"ful, a.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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