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spiteful - 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. despiteful, vindictive.
The courts, in a number of instances, have accepted that the plain meaning of notwithstanding is in spite of.. In Sanchez-Rodriguez, Justice Graci rejected the proposal that notwithstanding could mean in addition to and, instead, adopted this definition: ... in spite of ...